President Donald Trump will ship a “main speech” on Tuesday on the United Nations Normal Meeting, the White Home mentioned, as world leaders convene in New York for the physique’s eightieth session.
Trump’s remarks will middle on “touting renewal of American power world wide,” White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt informed reporters on Monday.
“The president may even contact upon how globalist establishments have considerably decayed the world order, and he’ll articulate his easy and constructive imaginative and prescient for the world,” Leavitt mentioned.
It will likely be Trump’s first speech to the annual gathering since his return to workplace.
President Donald J Trump speaks to the media within the Oval Workplace of the White Home in Washington, September 18, 2025.
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Later Tuesday, Trump will take part in bilateral conferences with U.N. Secretary-Normal António Guterres and the leaders of Ukraine, Argentina and the European Union. He may even maintain a multilateral assembly with leaders from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan.
Israel’s battle towards Hamas in Gaza and the Russia-Ukraine battle are prone to dominate the U.N. Normal Meeting this week.
A number of outstanding world leaders, together with key U.S. allies corresponding to the UK and Canada, are shifting to formally recognizing Palestinian statehood as worldwide alarm builds over Israel’s floor offensive in Gaza and an ongoing starvation disaster in Gaza.
On Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron declared on the U.N. Normal Meeting that France will now acknowledge a Palestinian state.
“The time for peace has come,” Macron mentioned.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas spoke just about earlier than the U.N. Normal Meeting on Monday after the Trump administration revoked his U.S. visa final month to attend the convention in individual.
Abbas known as on Hamas to give up their weapons and he condemned the killings on Oct. 7, 2023. He additionally expressed readiness to work with Trump to implement a peace plan and known as for a “everlasting ceasefire.”
France’s President Emmanuel Macron speaks throughout a United Nations Summit on Palestinians at UN headquarters in the course of the United Nations Normal Meeting in New York Metropolis, September 22, 2025.
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Trump has mentioned he needs the battle in Gaza to finish, however has disagreed with different nations on the difficulty of Palestinian statehood.
“He feels this doesn’t do something to launch the hostages, which is the first objective proper now in Gaza; does nothing to finish this battle and produce this battle to a detailed,” Leavitt mentioned on Monday.
“And albeit, he believes it is a reward to Hamas,” Leavitt continued. “So he believes these selections are simply extra discuss and never sufficient motion from a few of our mates and allies. And I believe you may hear him speak about that tomorrow on the U.N.”
On the Russia-Ukraine battle, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy known as for these gathered at U.N. Normal Meeting to place “robust political strain” on Russia.
“There’s a actual want for robust strain on Russia, new joint steps from everybody on the earth who believes that worldwide regulation should work once more,” Zelenskyy mentioned.
Trump’s expressed growing frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin since their summit in Alaska final month yielded no breakthroughs. Final week, Trump mentioned thought the battle can be one of many best world conflicts to resolve “due to my relationship with President Putin.”
“However he is let me down,” Trump mentioned. “He is actually let me down.”
Final week, whereas assembly with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer within the U.Okay., Trump signaled he may do extra to strain Russia, however mentioned different international locations want to drag again on shopping for Russian oil first.
“I am keen to do different issues, however not when the those that I am preventing for are shopping for oil from Russia. If the oil worth comes down, very merely, Russia will settle, and the oil worth is method down.”
ABC Information’ Mariam Khan contributed to this report.
