Trump touts his own achievements, and the United Nations laughs

Trump says Iran does not respect its neighbours or their borders.

“America is governed by Americans”, he said. -South Korean trade agreement on Monday, marking one ofthe Commander-in-Chief’s first successes in his effort to renegotiate economic deals on more favorable terms for the U.S.

Trump, who had past year called Kim a “Rocket Man on a suicide mission”, thanked the North Korean leader “for his courage and for the steps he has taken”.

Trump publicly thanked Kim for his “courage and the steps he has taken”.

“The missiles and rockets are no longer flying in every direction”, he said. But he struck a far more optimistic tone this year, following a historic one-on-one meeting with Kim in June with a second summit tentatively planned for later this year.

“That is why America will always choose independence and cooperation over global governments, control and domination”.

“Today I stand before the United Nations General Assembly, to share the extraordinary progress we’ve made”.

“The new US-Korea agreement includes significant improvements to reduce our trade deficit and expand opportunities to export American products to South Korea”, Trump told reporters at the signing ceremony in NY on the sidelines of the annual United Nations General Assembly.

“We believe that trade must be fair and reciprocal”, Trump said.

“I didn’t expect that reaction”, Trump said.

Trump said the United States would take a “hard look” at foreign assistance, reviewing where the country spends its money now.

“It is the question of what kind of world will we leave for our children and what kind of nations they will inherit”, Trump said.

“Iran’s leaders sow chaos, death and destruction”, Mr Trump said in his speech to the General Assembly.

Laughter went around the delegates in NY, much to Mr Trump’s surprise.

Moon said Kim had told him the “corresponding measures” he was seeking were security guarantees Trump pledged in Singapore and moves toward normalization of relations with Washington. 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 find new goal, new resolve”.

The world is, perhaps, becoming used to Donald Trump’s habit of neck-snapping turnarounds, from greatest enemy to greatest friend.

The president arrived significantly behind schedule for his speech, forcing organizers to change the order of speakers. The audience laughed at Trump – twice – during his speech.

The Trump administration has already moved to stop all funding for UNRWA, the United Nations agency that provides aid for Palestinian refugees.

Turkey can not remain silent over the use of sanctions as “weapons”, the country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the UN General Assembly. Rouhani told CNN he had not requested a bilateral meeting with the US president.

Moon told an event in NY on the sidelines of the United Nations meeting that declaring a formal end to the 1950-53 Korean War would encourage North Korea to move further with denuclearization.

The Iranian leader continued to target Trump in language if not directly in name.

Trump opened his address with boasts of USA economic and military might and a rejection of “global governance”.

Trump also said USA is working with gulf nations, Jordan and Egypt to set up regional strategic alliance and Washington will respond if chemical weapons are deployed by the Assad regime in Syria.

Those comments came only hours after Trump on Twitter said he was sure Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, is a “lovely man”, comments that perplexed some given Rouhani’s reputation as a brutal leader.

President Donald Trump returns to the pinnacle of global diplomacy when he addresses the UN General Assembly.

Pompeo cited the US reimposition of a first set of economic sanctions against Iran last month and plans to reinstate tougher USA sanctions on the Iranian oil and gas industry in November.