Revealed: Trump’s real message to the UN General Assembly
So far, this speech is everything we expected from Donald Trump. He began by touting his administration’s greatest hits, specifically success on the Southern border and the economy.
He is framing his decision to go to war with Iran as a courageous intervention. It was a decision, he says, that world leaders in attendance should have taken sooner.
“As president of the most extraordinary nation in history, I have no interest in leaving dangers to grow for another day. I do not believe in letting problems fester; they only become harder to solve,” he said
In a sign of Mr Trump’s need to sell this war, he is sticking remarkably close to script. Ten minutes in, there is no sign of the trademark weave.
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