3 Things to Expect in President Trump ’s United Nations Speech

President Trump will give his first address to the United Nations Tuesday, an organization with whom he has a bit of a controversial history. As a candidate and a President, Trump has often espoused an “America First” policy that doesn’t always align neatly with the values of international cooperation that define the U.N. At one point during his campaign, he even decried the organization’s “utter weakness and incompetence.” The criticism only continued after he was elected, with Trump characterizing it on Twitter as a “club for people to get together, talk and have a good time.” But the White House said Monday that while Trump will emphasize the values that make America unique, he will also stress the need for international cooperation, particularly when it comes to addressing issues like terrorism and the nuclear capacities of North Korea and Iran, both of which are expected to factor prominently into the speech. Here’s a look at what we know about the content of Tuesday’s address. The speech will be similar to ones in Saudi Arabia and Poland When Trump visited Saudi Arabia in May, he delivered a speech at a summit where he urged Muslim nations to purge the extremists within the religion, and argued that good will ultimately prevail over evil. His remarks were a deviation from his past rhetoric, where he has blamed Islam as a whole for terrorism. But his speech in Warsaw, Poland, six weeks later had a decidedly dif...
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