U S. President Donald Trump condemned world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly over their failure to confront the threat posed by Iran, stating that only he was bold enough to tackle the Islamist regime.
Sitting in attendance were many of the closest US allies, including French President Emmanuel Macron, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Trump’s most recent trade war target, Canadian PM Mark Carney.
Trump threatened to launch fresh strikes on Iran that would ‘drive them to hell’ and asserted America’s military dominance around the world, citing his toppling of Venezuela’s dictator Nicolas Maduro and capture of the country’s oil.
‘To the victor go the spoils,’ Trump said in New York on Tuesday.
The Cuban delegation walked out in protest when the president threatened that their ‘failed state’ could soon follow.
‘Communism will never come to America, but freedom will come to Cuba,’ Trump declared.
‘While others have talked, I have acted. While others have spoken of peace, I have made it. While others have ignored threats, I have confronted them. While others have talked of courage, America has shown it,’ the president said.
Trump accused the ‘fanatical’ Iranian regime of slaughtering over 72,000 of its own citizens this year, alleging 10,000 were recently killed for protesting.
‘For 51 years, the fanatical Iranian regime has ruled by bloodshed and mass murder, spreading death and carnage and chaos across the entire Middle East and beyond. They were the bully of the Middle East, but they are the bully no more,’ he said.
He predicted that a peace deal with Iran would not happen until after the U.S. midterm elections in November.
Trump’s combative address comes as the regional conflict with Iran continues to disrupt shipping and energy markets via the Strait of Hormuz.
