Mr. Secretary General, Mr. President, world leaders, and distinguished
delegates: Welcome to New York. It is a profound honor to stand here
in my home city, as a representative of the American people, to address
the people of the world.
As millions of our citizens continue to suffer the effects of the
devastating hurricanes that have struck our country, I want to begin by
expressing my appreciation to every leader in this room who has offered
assistance and aid. The American people are strong and resilient, and
they will emerge from these hardships more determined than ever before.
Fortunately, the United States has done very well since Election Day
last November 8th. The stock market is at an all-time high -- a record.
Unemployment is at its lowest level in 16 years, and because of our
regulatory and other reforms, we have more people working in the United
States today than ever before. Companies are moving back, creating job
growth the likes of which our country has not seen in a very long time.
And it has just been announced that we will be spending almost $700
billion on our military and defense.
Our military will soon be the strongest it has ever been. For more than
70 years, in times of war and peace, the leaders of nations, movements,
and religions have stood before this assembly. Like them, I intend to
address some of the very serious threats before us today but also the
enormous potential waiting to be unleashed.
We live in a time of extraordinary opportunity. Breakthroughs in
science, technology, and medicine are curing illnesses and solving
problems that prior generations thought impossible to solve.
But each day also brings news of growing dangers that threaten
everything we cherish and value. Terrorists and extremists have
gathered strength and spread to every region of the planet. Rogue
regimes represented in this body not only support terrorists but
threaten other nations and their own people with the most destructive
weapons known to humanity.
Authority and authoritarian powers seek to collapse the values, the
systems, and alliances that prevented conflict and tilted the world
toward freedom since World War II.
International criminal networks traffic drugs, weapons, people; force
dislocation and mass migration; threaten our borders; and new forms of
aggression exploit technology to menace our citizens.
To put it simply, we meet at a time of both of immense promise and great
peril. It is entirely up to us whether we lift the world to new
heights, or let it fall into a valley of disrepair.
We have it in our power, should we so choose, to lift millions from
poverty, to help our citizens realize their dreams, and to ensure that
new generations of children are raised free from violence, hatred, and
fear.
This institution was founded in the aftermath of two world wars to help
shape this better future. It was based on the vision that diverse
nations could cooperate to protect their sovereignty, preserve their
security, and promote their prosperity.
It was in the same period, exactly 70 years ago, that the United States
developed the Marshall Plan to help restore Europe. Those three
beautiful pillars -- they’re pillars of peace, sovereignty, security,
and prosperity.
The Marshall Plan was built on the noble idea that the whole world is
safer when nations are strong, independent, and free. As President
Truman said in his message to Congress at that time, “Our support of
European recovery is in full accord with our support of the United
Nations. The success of the United Nations depends upon the independent
strength of its members.”
To overcome the perils of the present and to achieve the promise of the
future, we must begin with the wisdom of the past. Our success depends
on a coalition of strong and independent nations that embrace their
sovereignty to promote security, prosperity, and peace for themselves
and for the world.
We do not expect diverse countries to share the same cultures,
traditions, or even systems of government. But we do expect all nations
to uphold these two core sovereign duties: to respect the interests of
their own people and the rights of every other sovereign nation. This
is the beautiful vision of this institution, and this is foundation for
cooperation and success.
Strong, sovereign nations let diverse countries with different values,
different cultures, and different dreams not just coexist, but work side
by side on the basis of mutual respect.
Strong, sovereign nations let their people take ownership of the future
and control their own destiny. And strong, sovereign nations allow
individuals to flourish in the fullness of the life intended by God.
In America, we do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone, but
rather to let it shine as an example for everyone to watch. This week
gives our country a special reason to take pride in that example. We
are celebrating the 230th anniversary of our beloved Constitution -- the
oldest constitution still in use in the world today.
This timeless document has been the foundation of peace, prosperity, and
freedom for the Americans and for countless millions around the globe
whose own countries have found inspiration in its respect for human
nature, human dignity, and the rule of law.
The greatest in the United States Constitution is its first three
beautiful words. They are: “We the people.”
Generations of Americans have sacrificed to maintain the promise of
those words, the promise of our country, and of our great history. In
America, the people govern, the people rule, and the people are
sovereign. I was elected not to take power, but to give power to the
American people, where it belongs.
In foreign affairs, we are renewing this founding principle of
sovereignty. Our government's first duty is to its people, to our
citizens -- to serve their needs, to ensure their safety, to preserve
their rights, and to defend their values.
As President of the United States, I will always put America first, just
like you, as the leaders of your countries will always, and should
always, put your countries first.
All responsible leaders have an obligation to serve their own citizens,
and the nation-state remains the best vehicle for elevating the human
condition.
But making a better life for our people also requires us to work
together in close harmony and unity to create a more safe and peaceful
future for all people.
The United States will forever be a great friend to the world, and
especially to its allies. But we can no longer be taken advantage of,
or enter into a one-sided deal where the United States gets nothing in
return. As long as I hold this office, I will defend America’s
interests above all else.
But in fulfilling our obligations to our own nations, we also realize
that it’s in everyone’s interest to seek a future where all nations can
be sovereign, prosperous, and secure.
America does more than speak for the values expressed in the United
Nations Charter. Our citizens have paid the ultimate price to defend
our freedom and the freedom of many nations represented in this great
hall. America's devotion is measured on the battlefields where our
young men and women have fought and sacrificed alongside of our allies,
from the beaches of Europe to the deserts of the Middle East to the
jungles of Asia.
It is an eternal credit to the American character that even after we and
our allies emerged victorious from the bloodiest war in history, we did
not seek territorial expansion, or attempt to oppose and impose our way
of life on others. Instead, we helped build institutions such as this
one to defend the sovereignty, security, and prosperity for all.
For the diverse nations of the world, this is our hope. We want harmony
and friendship, not conflict and strife. We are guided by outcomes, not
ideology. We have a policy of principled realism, rooted in shared
goals, interests, and values.
That realism forces us to confront a question facing every leader and
nation in this room. It is a question we cannot escape or avoid. We
will slide down the path of complacency, numb to the challenges,
threats, and even wars that we face. Or do we have enough strength and
pride to confront those dangers today, so that our citizens can enjoy
peace and prosperity tomorrow?
If we desire to lift up our citizens, if we aspire to the approval of
history, then we must fulfill our sovereign duties to the people we
faithfully represent. We must protect our nations, their interests, and
their futures. We must reject threats to sovereignty, from the Ukraine
to the South China Sea. We must uphold respect for law, respect for
borders, and respect for culture, and the peaceful engagement these
allow. And just as the founders of this body intended, we must work
together and confront together those who threaten us with chaos,
turmoil, and terror.
The scourge of our planet today is a small group of rogue regimes that
violate every principle on which the United Nations is based. They
respect neither their own citizens nor the sovereign rights of their
countries.
If the righteous many do not confront the wicked few, then evil will
triumph. When decent people and nations become bystanders to history,
the forces of destruction only gather power and strength.
No one has shown more contempt for other nations and for the wellbeing
of their own people than the depraved regime in North Korea. It is
responsible for the starvation deaths of millions of North Koreans, and
for the imprisonment, torture, killing, and oppression of countless
more.
We were all witness to the regime's deadly abuse when an innocent
American college student, Otto Warmbier, was returned to America only to
die a few days later. We saw it in the assassination of the dictator's
brother using banned nerve agents in an international airport. We know
it kidnapped a sweet 13-year-old Japanese girl from a beach in her own
country to enslave her as a language tutor for North Korea's spies.
If this is not twisted enough, now North Korea's reckless pursuit of
nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles threatens the entire world with
unthinkable loss of human life.
It is an outrage that some nations would not only trade with such a
regime, but would arm, supply, and financially support a country that
imperils the world with nuclear conflict. No nation on earth has an
interest in seeing this band of criminals arm itself with nuclear
weapons and missiles.
The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced
to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally
destroy North Korea. Rocket Man is on a suicide mission for himself and
for his regime. The United States is ready, willing and able, but
hopefully this will not be necessary. That’s what the United Nations is
all about; that’s what the United Nations is for. Let’s see how they
do.
It is time for North Korea to realize that the denuclearization is its
only acceptable future. The United Nations Security Council recently
held two unanimous 15-0 votes adopting hard-hitting resolutions against
North Korea, and I want to thank China and Russia for joining the vote
to impose sanctions, along with all of the other members of the Security
Council. Thank you to all involved.
But we must do much more. It is time for all nations to work together
to isolate the Kim regime until it ceases its hostile behavior.
We face this decision not only in North Korea. It is far past time for the nations of the world to confront another reckless regime -- one that speaks openly of mass murder, vowing death to America, destruction to Israel, and ruin for many leaders and nations in this room.
We face this decision not only in North Korea. It is far past time for the nations of the world to confront another reckless regime -- one that speaks openly of mass murder, vowing death to America, destruction to Israel, and ruin for many leaders and nations in this room.
The Iranian government masks a corrupt dictatorship behind the false
guise of a democracy. It has turned a wealthy country with a rich
history and culture into an economically depleted rogue state whose
chief exports are violence, bloodshed, and chaos. The longest-suffering
victims of Iran's leaders are, in fact, its own people.
Rather than use its resources to improve Iranian lives, its oil profits
go to fund Hezbollah and other terrorists that kill innocent Muslims and
attack their peaceful Arab and Israeli neighbors. This wealth, which
rightly belongs to Iran's people, also goes to shore up Bashar
al-Assad's dictatorship, fuel Yemen's civil war, and undermine peace
throughout the entire Middle East.
We cannot let a murderous regime continue these destabilizing activities
while building dangerous missiles, and we cannot abide by an agreement
if it provides cover for the eventual construction of a nuclear program.
The Iran Deal was one of the worst and most one-sided
transactions the United States has ever entered into. Frankly, that
deal is an embarrassment to the United States, and I don’t think you’ve
heard the last of it -- believe me.
It is time for the entire world to join us in demanding that Iran's
government end its pursuit of death and destruction. It is time for the
regime to free all Americans and citizens of other nations that they
have unjustly detained. And above all, Iran's government must stop
supporting terrorists, begin serving its own people, and respect the
sovereign rights of its neighbors.
The entire world understands that the good people of Iran want change,
and, other than the vast military power of the United States, that
Iran's people are what their leaders fear the most. This is what causes
the regime to restrict Internet access, tear down satellite dishes,
shoot unarmed student protestors, and imprison political reformers.
Oppressive regimes cannot endure forever, and the day will come when the
Iranian people will face a choice. Will they continue down the path of
poverty, bloodshed, and terror? Or will the Iranian people return to
the nation's proud roots as a center of civilization, culture, and
wealth where their people can be happy and prosperous once again?
The Iranian regime's support for terror is in stark contrast to the
recent commitments of many of its neighbors to fight terrorism and halt
its financing.
In Saudi Arabia early last year, I was greatly honored to address the
leaders of more than 50 Arab and Muslim nations. We agreed that all
responsible nations must work together to confront terrorists and the
Islamist extremism that inspires them.
We will stop radical Islamic terrorism because we cannot allow it to
tear up our nation, and indeed to tear up the entire world.
We must deny the terrorists safe haven, transit, funding, and any form
of support for their vile and sinister ideology. We must drive them out
of our nations. It is time to expose and hold responsible those
countries who support and finance terror groups like al Qaeda,
Hezbollah, the Taliban and others that slaughter innocent people.
The United States and our allies are working together throughout the
Middle East to crush the loser terrorists and stop the reemergence of
safe havens they use to launch attacks on all of our people.
Last month, I announced a new strategy for victory in the fight against
this evil in Afghanistan. From now on, our security interests will
dictate the length and scope of military operations, not arbitrary
benchmarks and timetables set up by politicians.
I have also totally changed the rules of engagement in our fight against
the Taliban and other terrorist groups. In Syria and Iraq, we have made
big gains toward lasting defeat of ISIS. In fact, our country has
achieved more against ISIS in the last eight months than it has in many,
many years combined.
We seek the de-escalation of the Syrian conflict, and a political solution that honors the will of the Syrian people. The actions of the criminal regime of Bashar al-Assad, including the use of chemical weapons against his own citizens -- even innocent children -- shock the conscience of every decent person. No society can be safe if banned chemical weapons are allowed to spread. That is why the United States carried out a missile strike on the airbase that launched the attack.
We seek the de-escalation of the Syrian conflict, and a political solution that honors the will of the Syrian people. The actions of the criminal regime of Bashar al-Assad, including the use of chemical weapons against his own citizens -- even innocent children -- shock the conscience of every decent person. No society can be safe if banned chemical weapons are allowed to spread. That is why the United States carried out a missile strike on the airbase that launched the attack.
We appreciate the efforts of United Nations agencies that are providing
vital humanitarian assistance in areas liberated from ISIS, and we
especially thank Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon for their role in hosting
refugees from the Syrian conflict.
The United States is a compassionate nation and has spent billions and
billions of dollars in helping to support this effort. We seek an
approach to refugee resettlement that is designed to help these horribly
treated people, and which enables their eventual return to their home
countries, to be part of the rebuilding process.
For the cost of resettling one refugee in the United States, we can
assist more than 10 in their home region. Out of the goodness of our
hearts, we offer financial assistance to hosting countries in the
region, and we support recent agreements of the G20 nations that will
seek to host refugees as close to their home countries as possible.
This is the safe, responsible, and humanitarian approach.
For decades, the United States has dealt with migration challenges here
in the Western Hemisphere. We have learned that, over the long term,
uncontrolled migration is deeply unfair to both the sending and the
receiving countries.
For the sending countries, it reduces domestic pressure to pursue needed
political and economic reform, and drains them of the human capital
necessary to motivate and implement those reforms.
For the receiving countries, the substantial costs of uncontrolled
migration are borne overwhelmingly by low-income citizens whose concerns
are often ignored by both media and government.
I want to salute the work of the United Nations in seeking to address
the problems that cause people to flee from their homes. The United
Nations and African Union led peacekeeping missions to have invaluable
contributions in stabilizing conflicts in Africa. The United States
continues to lead the world in humanitarian assistance, including famine
prevention and relief in South Sudan, Somalia, and northern Nigeria and
Yemen.
We have invested in better health and opportunity all over the world
through programs like PEPFAR, which funds AIDS relief; the President's
Malaria Initiative; the Global Health Security Agenda; the Global Fund
to End Modern Slavery; and the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative,
part of our commitment to empowering women all across the globe.
We also thank -- We also thank the Secretary General for
recognizing that the United Nations must reform if it is to be an
effective partner in confronting threats to sovereignty, security, and
prosperity. Too often the focus of this organization has not been on
results, but on bureaucracy and process.
In some cases, states that seek to subvert this institution's noble aims
have hijacked the very systems that are supposed to advance them. For
example, it is a massive source of embarrassment to the United Nations
that some governments with egregious human rights records sit on the
U.N. Human Rights Council.
The United States is one out of 193 countries in the United Nations, and
yet we pay 22 percent of the entire budget and more. In fact, we pay
far more than anybody realizes. The United States bears an unfair cost
burden, but, to be fair, if it could actually accomplish all of its
stated goals, especially the goal of peace, this investment would easily
be well worth it.
Major portions of the world are in conflict and some, in fact, are going
to hell. But the powerful people in this room, under the guidance and
auspices of the United Nations, can solve many of these vicious and
complex problems.
The American people hope that one day soon the United Nations can be a
much more accountable and effective advocate for human dignity and
freedom around the world. In the meantime, we believe that no nation
should have to bear a disproportionate share of the burden, militarily
or financially. Nations of the world must take a greater role in
promoting secure and prosperous societies in their own regions.
That is why in the Western Hemisphere, the United States has stood
against the corrupt and destabilizing regime in Cuba and embraced the
enduring dream of the Cuban people to live in freedom. My
administration recently announced that we will not lift sanctions on the
Cuban government until it makes fundamental reforms.
We have also imposed tough, calibrated sanctions on the socialist Maduro
regime in Venezuela, which has brought a once thriving nation to the
brink of total collapse.
The socialist dictatorship of Nicolas Maduro has inflicted terrible pain
and suffering on the good people of that country. This corrupt regime
destroyed a prosperous nation by imposing a failed ideology that has
produced poverty and misery everywhere it has been tried. To make
matters worse, Maduro has defied his own people, stealing power from
their elected representatives to preserve his disastrous rule.
The Venezuelan people are starving and their country is collapsing. Their democratic institutions are being destroyed. This situation is completely unacceptable and we cannot stand by and watch.
The Venezuelan people are starving and their country is collapsing. Their democratic institutions are being destroyed. This situation is completely unacceptable and we cannot stand by and watch.
As a responsible neighbor and friend, we and all others have a goal.
That goal is to help them regain their freedom, recover their country,
and restore their democracy. I would like to thank leaders in this room
for condemning the regime and providing vital support to the Venezuelan
people.
The United States has taken important steps to hold the regime
accountable. We are prepared to take further action if the government
of Venezuela persists on its path to impose authoritarian rule on the
Venezuelan people.
We are fortunate to have incredibly strong and healthy trade relationships with many of the Latin American countries gathered here today. Our economic bond forms a critical foundation for advancing peace and prosperity for all of our people and all of our neighbors.
We are fortunate to have incredibly strong and healthy trade relationships with many of the Latin American countries gathered here today. Our economic bond forms a critical foundation for advancing peace and prosperity for all of our people and all of our neighbors.
I ask every country represented here today to be prepared to do more to
address this very real crisis. We call for the full restoration of
democracy and political freedoms in Venezuela.
The problem in Venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly
implemented, but that socialism has been faithfully implemented.
From the Soviet Union to Cuba to Venezuela, wherever true
socialism or communism has been adopted, it has delivered anguish and
devastation and failure. Those who preach the tenets of these
discredited ideologies only contribute to the continued suffering of the
people who live under these cruel systems.
America stands with every person living under a brutal regime. Our
respect for sovereignty is also a call for action. All people deserve a
government that cares for their safety, their interests, and their
wellbeing, including their prosperity.
In America, we seek stronger ties of business and trade with all nations
of good will, but this trade must be fair and it must be reciprocal.
For too long, the American people were told that mammoth multinational
trade deals, unaccountable international tribunals, and powerful global
bureaucracies were the best way to promote their success. But as those
promises flowed, millions of jobs vanished and thousands of factories
disappeared. Others gamed the system and broke the rules. And our
great middle class, once the bedrock of American prosperity, was
forgotten and left behind, but they are forgotten no more and they will
never be forgotten again.
While America will pursue cooperation and commerce with other nations,
we are renewing our commitment to the first duty of every government:
the duty of our citizens. This bond is the source of America's
strength and that of every responsible nation represented here today.
If this organization is to have any hope of successfully confronting the
challenges before us, it will depend, as President Truman said some 70
years ago, on the "independent strength of its members." If we are to
embrace the opportunities of the future and overcome the present dangers
together, there can be no substitute for strong, sovereign, and
independent nations -- nations that are rooted in their histories and
invested in their destinies; nations that seek allies to befriend, not
enemies to conquer; and most important of all, nations that are home to
patriots, to men and women who are willing to sacrifice for their
countries, their fellow citizens, and for all that is best in the human
spirit.
In remembering the great victory that led to this body's founding, we
must never forget that those heroes who fought against evil also fought
for the nations that they loved.
Patriotism led the Poles to die to save Poland, the French to fight for
a free France, and the Brits to stand strong for Britain.
Today, if we do not invest ourselves, our hearts, and our minds in our
nations, if we will not build strong families, safe communities, and
healthy societies for ourselves, no one can do it for us.
We cannot wait for someone else, for faraway countries or far-off
bureaucrats -- we can't do it. We must solve our problems, to build our
prosperity, to secure our futures, or we will be vulnerable to decay,
domination, and defeat.
The true question for the United Nations today, for people all over the
world who hope for better lives for themselves and their children, is a
basic one: Are we still patriots? Do we love our nations enough to
protect their sovereignty and to take ownership of their futures? Do we
revere them enough to defend their interests, preserve their cultures,
and ensure a peaceful world for their citizens?
One of the greatest American patriots, John Adams, wrote that the
American Revolution was "effected before the war commenced. The
Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people."
That was the moment when America awoke, when we looked around and
understood that we were a nation. We realized who we were, what we
valued, and what we would give our lives to defend. From its very first
moments, the American story is the story of what is possible when people
take ownership of their future.
The United States of America has been among the greatest forces for good
in the history of the world, and the greatest defenders of sovereignty,
security, and prosperity for all.
Now we are calling for a great reawakening of nations, for the revival
of their spirits, their pride, their people, and their patriotism.
History is asking us whether we are up to the task. Our answer will be
a renewal of will, a rediscovery of resolve, and a rebirth of devotion.
We need to defeat the enemies of humanity and unlock the potential of
life itself.
Our hope is a word and world of proud, independent nations that embrace
their duties, seek friendship, respect others, and make common cause in
the greatest shared interest of all: a future of dignity and peace for
the people of this wonderful Earth.
This is the true vision of the United Nations, the ancient wish of every
people, and the deepest yearning that lives inside every sacred soul.
So let this be our mission, and let this be our message to the world:
We will fight together, sacrifice together, and stand together for
peace, for freedom, for justice, for family, for humanity, and for the
almighty God who made us all.
Thank you. God bless you. God bless the nations of the world. And God
bless the United States of America.
Thank you very much.
(Source: Americanrhetoric.com/ Youtube & EJ-CAFE.COM)
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