The U.S. President, Donald Trump says he ended ”seven unendable wars” in seven months.
Trump touted his success in ending intractable conflicts, trade wars while delivering his statement to the 80th session of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday at UN headquarters in New York.
Yet the UN offered little help, he said, asking: “What is the purpose of the United Nations?” It seems to write very strongly worded letters but “empty words don’t solve war”.
While some, he noted, suggested he should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Trump said, “The real prize will be to save millions of lives.”
On Iran, the “world’s number one sponsor of terror”, he said with that country’s enrichment capabilities “completely demolished”, his administration had also brokered an end to the 12-day war.
On Ukraine, he “always thought that would be the easiest” war to end because of his relationship with Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin. Instead, he said, the conflict has dragged on for three years, “killing five to seven thousand young people a week”.
He accused North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) countries of hypocrisy: “They are buying oil and gas from Russia when they are fighting Russia,” he said.
His proposed solution was tariffs: “If Russia does not end the war, the United States would impose very strict tariffs which would end the war very quickly, but the Europeans have to adopt them as well”.
He urged immediate action on Gaza, release of all the hostage, and warned that unilateral recognition of a Palestinian State would amount to “a reward to Hamas for its horrible atrocities”.
