Trump Issues Threat to Iran During United Nations Speech
US President Donald Trump said he faced a choice between reaching a deal with Iran and destroying the Islamic Republic, as he defended the nearly seven-month war and said it was intended to stop Tehran obtaining nuclear weapons. He also invoked US military strength and attacked international institutions.
US President Donald Trump threatened to destroy Iran during a speech to the United Nations General Assembly, while saying he still had to decide whether to pursue an agreement with Tehran. Trump said the nearly seven-month war had been launched to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. He claimed Iran could rebuild into a stronger country under a deal, but contrasted that possibility with military action against the Islamic Republic.
He predicted that Iran would agree to a deal after the US midterm elections in November. The war has contributed to high fuel prices, according to the supplied report, creating political pressure for Trump’s Republican Party ahead of the elections. Trump used much of his 37-minute address to present the United States as the world’s most powerful country.
He threatened to use its military strength to protect US interests in Latin America, predicted that Cuba would fall and said Washington would build two bases in Greenland under an agreement with Denmark and Greenland. The Greenland plan has caused divisions among US allies and renewed concerns about Washington’s reliability within NATO. Trump also attacked the United Nations and the International Criminal Court, urging countries to boycott the court.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had warned of the risk of ethnic cleansing linked to Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, speaking before Trump, said Brazil was not anyone’s backyard.
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