In his speech to the UN General Assembly, US President Donald Trump said that he had to personally stop wars, instead of having it done by the world organization, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA.
The UN is not even close to its full potential, Trump added, noting that "empty words do not stop wars".
In the first minutes of his speech, the US president made at least two attacks on his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, the Associated Press notes.
This is a continuation of Trump's tactic of boasting about the achievements of the US compared to both the Democratic administration and the rest of the world. world. Trump has mostly used general superlatives, rather than verifiable facts, to make these claims. It is also unusual for heads of state to discuss their own domestic policies on the international stage, the agency notes.
Trump did not hesitate to declare to representatives of countries around the world that the United States is "the greatest country in the world and there is no other country that comes close to them". He later added that the United States is "the best country on Earth to do business" and said that the economy is now "bigger and even better" than during his first term, which Trump described as "the greatest ... in the history of the world".
The United States is "respected again" like never before, Trump said.
Such statements are usually met with disapproval in diplomatic circles, including at the United Nations, the AP notes. Trump took the same approach in his remarks during his recent state visit to Britain.