Credit:  UN Photo /  Cia Pak /  Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-fourth session Sept. 24, 2019. 

By Gary Raynaldo  /   DIPLOMATIC TIMES

UNITED NATIONS  –  NEW YORK –  “The future does not belong to globalists. The future belongs to patriots,” declared U.S President Donald Trump during a speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York Tuesday.  “The future belongs to sovereign and independent nations who protect their citizens, respect their neighbors, and honor the differences that make each country special and unique.”  President Trump then touted the  gains made in the U.S. economy under his administration. 

“Fueled by massive tax cuts and regulations cuts, jobs are being produced at a historic rate. Six million Americans have been added to the employment rolls in under three years. Last month, African-American, Hispanic American, and Asian American unemployment reached their lowest rates ever recorded.  We are marshaling our nations vast energy abundance and the United States is now the number one producer of oil and natural gas anywhere in the world. Wages are rising, incomes are soaring, and 2.5 million Americans have been lifted out of poverty in less than three years.”

-President Trump

Credit: UN Photo  / Manuel Elias / Wide view of Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America, addressing the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Sept. 24, 2019. 

As Trump settled into his UN speech, he took aim at China and free trade.  “The most important difference in America’s new approach on trade concerns our relationship with China. In 2001, China was admitted to the World Trade Organization. Our leaders then argued that this decision would compel China to liberalize its economy and strengthen protections to provide things that were unacceptable to us and for private property and for the rule of law. Two decades later, this theory has been tested and proven completely wrong. Not only has China declined to adopt promised reforms, it has embraced an economic model dependent on the massive market areas, heavy state subsidies, currency manipulation, product dumping, forced technology transfers, and the theft of intellectual property and also trade secrets on a grand scale,” Trump stated.  President Trump said the U.S.  lost 60,000 factories after China entered the WTO. “This is happening to other countries all over the globe–the World Trade Organization needs drastic change. The second largest economy in the world should not be permitted to declare itself a developing country in order to game the system at others expense.”

On IRAN:  Trump Stated He Withdrew  United States From “Terrible Iran nuclear Deal”

President Trump took aim at Iran as expected.  “One of the greatest security threats facing peace loving nations today is the repressive regime in Iran. A regime’s record of death and destruction is well known to us all. Not only is Iran the world’s number one state sponsor of terrorism but Iran’s leaders are fueling the tragic wars in both Syria and Yemen.”  President Trump reminded global leaders that following the U.S withdrawal from the Iran deal, his administration implemented severe economic sanctions on the country.

On Migration  and Open Borders:

“Today I have a message for those open border activists who cloak themselves in the rhetoric of social justice. Your policies are not just. Your policies are cruel and evil. You are empowering criminal organizations that prey on innocent men, women and children. You put your own false sense of virtue before the lives, well-being and countless innocent people.”  President Trump added a warning to illegal immigrants:

“The U.S., we have taken very unprecedented action to stop the flow of illegal immigration. To anyone conducting crossings of our border illegally, please hear these words. Do not pay the smugglers. Do not pay the coyotes. Do not put yourself in danger. Do not put your children in danger because if you make it here, you will not be allowed in. You will be promptly returned home. You will not be released into our country. As long as I am president of the United States, we will enforce our laws and protect our borders.”