A populist figure, drawing on coarse and demagogic rhetoric rooted in force and deal-making, emerging from a mafia-like circle, he challenged many fundamental global principles, human rights, and environmental norms, and crossed numerous red lines.
As president and representative of a country that once produced a figure such as Abraham Lincoln—a land whose presidents have claimed and still insist that they freed it from British colonialism—Trump unabashedly and, in a disheartening manner, defended his racist outlook (although such challenges have existed in that country for periods of time and have gone through ups and downs).
In this disgraceful speech, Trump readily welcomed European migrants while using racist, harsh, and brazen language to disparage non-European migrants. He even went further, urging European countries themselves to block the presence of non-European migrants within their borders.
With the same vulgar and arrogant rhetoric, wholly unworthy of a president, Trump attacked the positions of the Brazilian president, who in his own address at the General Assembly had merely described Israel’s aggressive stance and violent conduct in Gaza as unethical and contrary to international norms. Yet, despite this, Trump shamelessly announced that he would hold consultations with this same figure in the near future.
Moreover, Trump, as the leader of a country that calls itself a superpower, insulted his predecessor Joe Biden on the international stage and before thousands of eyes—thus discrediting his own nation.
Aside from the claims Trump made regarding the 12-day war between Iran and Israel, he avoided acknowledging the destructive role he himself had played in this offensive. He simply boasted that he had put an end to all wars, whereas contrary to his campaign promises and post-election commitments, he has failed not only to end the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, but by occupying the White House he has paved the way for escalation and widened the scope of crises.
Naturally, such claims were intended to portray the U.S. president as a peacemaker worthy of the Nobel Prize—an absurd effort which, in my view, failed.
Perhaps the worst part of Trump’s speech, however, was his stance on climate change and renewable energy. At a time when the world is entangled in serious climate crises—ranging from drought to melting ice in the Arctic, declining rainfall, and water shortages—Trump brazenly voiced support for non-renewable fuels such as coal, openly declaring that he uses them, while at the same time calling on Europe to join him in this approach.
By making such statements, Trump challenged all the scientific and technical principles that humanity has achieved regarding climate issues, thus exposing his misguided policies on the global stage.
For a representative of a country that prides itself on its founding fathers, its constitution, and its human rights discourse, such remarks are truly regrettable—especially as Trump even cast doubt on the United States’ greatest supposed achievement, namely its claim to peace-seeking.
In conclusion, it must be stressed that Trump’s speech was profoundly disappointing. Instead of reinforcing global peace and security, he undermined and weakened these two crucial pillars