US President Donald Trump, speaking at the UN General Assembly session, criticized the organization itself for passivity, European countries for financing the war, threatened to impose "very strict" tariffs on Russia if it does not agree to end the war against Ukraine, and also spoke about green energy and climate change.
"And what is the purpose of the UN? The organization has enormous potential, I always say this, but it does not even come close to realizing it, at least not now," said the US president, noting that he ended seven wars instead of the UN, although a month ago there were still six.
"I ended all these wars, the UN never called me, never offered help, a non-working escalator and a non-working teleprompter - that's what I got from the UN," Trump said, referring to technical malfunctions that occurred during his speech.
According to Trump, the war in Ukraine began due to the actions of the previous White House administration, and he named India and China as the main sponsors of this war. He clarified that he initially thought he could quickly stop the war thanks to his good relations with Vladimir Putin. However, this did not happen, the war has been going on for the fourth year, but now "Russia doesn't look very good" on the battlefield, Trump noted.
The head of the White House stated that the US is ready to impose a "very serious package of tariffs" against Russia if the EU does the same. According to him, this package will "very quickly stop the bloodshed" if Russia is not ready to conclude a peace agreement with Ukraine.
"But for these tariffs to be effective, European countries — all of you gathered here today — must join us and take the same measures. You are much closer to Russia. We have an ocean between our countries, and you are right next to it. And Europe needs to act more actively. You cannot continue what you are doing now — buying oil and gas from Russia while fighting it. It's disgraceful. You must immediately stop all purchases of energy resources from Russia. Otherwise, we are all just wasting time," said the US president, noting that European countries "sponsor the war against themselves."
In the military conflict between Israel and Hamas, Trump also blamed Joe Biden and those countries that recognized the Palestinian state, stating that this is a gift for Hamas, not a path to freeing hostages.
Trump also touched on other topics, calling climate change claims the "greatest lie of all time," and green energy a "scam" and "fraud."
"I am very good at predicting events. I have a cap: 'Trump was right about everything,'" Donald Trump said at the end of his speech.
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