Trump at United Nations urges isolating Iran, tossing out ‘abusive’ trade deals

And Mr Trump prompted some murmuring from the crowd of world leaders and diplomats when he declared that he had accomplished more as president than nearly any other administration in history.

Donald Trump has made a personal rapprochement to Hassan Rouhani, saying he was sure that the Iranian president was an “absolutely lovely man”.

Trump’s declaration came as a top adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also brushed off the possibility of the USA president meeting with his country’s representatives for talks.

John Bolton, the U.S. national security adviser, is expected to deliver a fierce warning against Tehran at an anti-Iran conference taking place in NY later today.

A year ago, Trump used his first United Nations speech to harangue North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, warning he was on a “suicide march” if he failed to comply. “We will get it done together!”

He said a second summit with Kim Jong-un is likely soon, raising hopes of reviving the stalled nuclear talks.

His national security adviser, John Bolton, said that Trump would stress defense of USA sovereignty in his latest United Nations address today.

“I am starting the dialogue right here”, Rouhani said.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives for the signing of a trade agreement with South Koreak in NY on September 24, 2018. But not liking Trump is not enough.

He added Mr Trump is inviting others nations who entered the deal in 2015 to trash the agreement, resorting even to threats to achieve the complete isolation of Iran. One of Trump’s early boasts drew unexpected laughter from the audience, though he laughed it off and went on to press his case.

“The United States is a stronger, safer, and richer country than it was when I assumed office less than two years ago”, Trump declared.

“Virtually everywhere socialism and communism has been tried, it has led to corruption and decay”, Trump said. “But there is some truth to it as well, no matter how pandering it might come across”. “They’re an infringement on the people themselves”, Bolton said on Monday.

“We will no longer tolerate such abuse”.

Regarding negotiations with European nations to keep the nuclear deal alive, Velayati said that despite the difficulties Iran expects the Europeans to “comply with their obligations”. North Korea announced plans to take apart a nuclear testing center and a missile launch site last week.

He says that at a time of “massive, existential threats” to people and the planet, “there is no way forward but collective, common-sense action for the common good”.

Mr Rouhani spoke just hours after Mr Trump’s delivered his speech, where he accused Iran of sowing “chaos, death and destruction”.

The accord, negotiated under Democratic US President Barack Obama, lifted most global sanctions against Teheran in exchange for Iran curbing its nuclear programme. Fighting in the 1950-53 war was halted by an armistice, which has governed the conflict ever since. The issue has become one of the sharpest rifts in transatlantic relations.

Pyongyang has also been seeking relief from crippling US and worldwide sanctions, though Washington has said it remains too early in the process for such a move.

“Now is not the time to ease pressure”, Pompeo said Monday.

The White House did not immediately explain why Trump was running late.

Trump thanked Kim for the steps he has taken.

Trump used his debut address to the UN General Assembly 12 months ago to threaten to “totally destroy” North Korea and belittled its leader as “rocket man”, prompting Kim to respond by calling the U.S. president “mentally deranged”.

Sanctions, he said, would stay in place until North Korea’s “denuclearisation occurs”.