His speech was expected. American President Donald Trump developed his usual nationalist argument on Tuesday, September 22 at the UN, and threatened to annihilate Iran if necessary. But the American president, politically weakened at home, did not show the same aggressiveness as last year.
Mired in his conflict with Tehran, very unpopular with the Americans, Donald Trump certainly threatened Iran, but added: “I believe that we will reach an agreement just after the legislative elections” scheduled in the United States in November.
On another war that he had promised to resolve quickly – the conflict between Russia and Ukraine – the American president – once again – assured that an agreement would be found “sooner than we think.”
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“When others talk about peace, I make peace. When others ignore threats, I face them. (…) When others promised force, I used it to make America the most powerful country in the world,” assured the 80-year-old Republican, falling in the polls because of general dissatisfaction with his record, particularly economically.
Donald Trump, unusually, followed his teleprompter. No new edition of the virulent attacks, triggered last year by a breakdown of this device, or an escalator problem which had ulcerated it.
It was in a relatively measured tone that the champion of “America first” affirmed American geopolitical ambitions, by threatening to use “military power” to defend Washington’s interests in South America, by announcing the imminent construction of two bases in Greenland, or by predicting that the communist government of Cuba would “fall”.
Defense of the development of artificial intelligence
The White House tenant also defended, without hesitation, the development of artificial intelligence, announcing that official American documents would abandon this terminology in favor of “super intelligence”.
He also opposed any “globalized project” to regulate this technology, which greatly worries his fellow citizens.
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The American president resumed his criticism of international governance, calling on all member states to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, and castigating UNESCO, among others.
The American president also signed a security agreement with Greenland and Denmark on Tuesday at UN headquarters, welcoming the start of a “fantastic” relationship that is good for NATO.
Donald Trump signed this agreement during a ceremony on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and the head of the Greenlandic government, Jens-Frederik Nielsen. This signature is the epilogue of a diplomatic saga which at times turned into an open crisis with the Europeans in the face of American claims on this vast Arctic territory.
The American president will also have a tête-à-tête with the interim president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez, who has governed under strong American pressure since the capture of Nicolas Maduro by Washington in January.
The billionaire is also due to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during the day.
With AFP
