Trump to Europe at UN: ‘Your countries are going to hell’

In an historic speech today at the United Nations, President Donald Trump called them all out: the globalists, the socialists, the internationalists, the drug traffickers, the Sharia purveyors, the jihadists, and more: the whole of the leftist elite class that is doing all it can to impose the darkness of totalitarianism upon the world.

The petty tyrants struck back in the pettiest of ways, cutting off the escalator as he and the First Lady were going up, and cutting off his teleprompter as he began to speak. He was unfazed, and took public note of their pettiness. This was Trump at his best: unruffled, defiant, unafraid, unintimidated, focused on protecting the freedom and the well-being of the American people. He told them the way to restore liberty and prosperity to their countries. They could follow him, and attain that liberty and prosperity. Instead, they will fulminate against him and keep leading their countries to hell.

View the whole speech here:

“Trump criticizes European allies in U.N. speech: ‘Your countries are going to hell,’” by Kathryn Watson and Joe Walsh, CBS News, September 23, 2025:

What to know about President Trump’s U.N. speech and today’s meetings

• President Trump addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, the 80th anniversary of the world body.
• The president criticized European allies over green energy, immigration and other issues. Mr. Trump also blasted the U.N. as a whole, asking, “What is the purpose of the United Nations?”
• Dozens of other world leaders are also in town to give speeches and hold meetings at this year’s General Assembly session, including U.S. allies as well as foes, like the president of Iran.
• After several key Western allies of the United States announced before the U.N. General Assembly meeting that they are formally recognizing a Palestinian state, Mr. Trump said that would embolden Hamas. “The rewards would be too great,” Mr. Trump said, adding, “Instead of giving in to Hamas’ ransom demands, those who want peace should be united with one message: Release the hostages now.”
• Mr. Trump said the prolonged war in Ukraine is making Russia “look bad,” saying it was supposed to be “just a quick little skirmish.”
• While in New York, Mr. Trump is expected to meet with the leaders of Ukraine, Argentina and the European Union, among others….

  Trump says U.S. is “behind the United Nations 100%”

After heavily criticizing the U.N. during his speech minutes before, Mr. Trump said during a meeting with U.N. Secretary General  António Guterres that the U.S. is “behind the United Nations.”

“Our country is behind the United Nations 100%” he said. He thanked Guterras for “treating us so warmly” and saying the U.N. brings a great opportunity for peace.

“I may disagree with it sometimes but I am so behind it because I think the potential for peace for this institution is so great,” Mr. Trump said.

Only minutes before in his speech to the entire assembly, the president criticized the U.N. for not brokering the international peace deals for which the president takes credit.

“It’s too bad that I had to do these things instead of the United Nations doing them,” he said earlier. “… That being the case, what is the purpose of the United Nations?”

Mr. Trump again mentioned the faulty escalator at the U.N. and the temporarily broken teleprompter, saying those things made his visit “a little more exciting.”

For his part, Guterres said the U.S. is instrumental to the U.N. Guterres said the president has been traveling all over the world in an effort to make peace agreements.

“I want to reassure you that the United Nations … we are entirely at your disposal to be able to work together for a just peace,” Guterres said.

  Trump encourages leaders to “defend free speech,” claims Christianity is the most persecuted religion

Mr. Trump urged other nations’ leaders to celebrate the principles upon which the U.S. was founded nearly 250 years ago, including free speech and religious liberty. The president’s comments come days after he said the licenses that enable television networks to air should perhaps be revoked over networks’ negative coverage of him.

The president also called Christianity the “most persecuted religion on the planet.”

“Together, let us defend free speech and free expression,” the president said. “Let us protect religious liberty including for the most persecuted religion on the planet today. It’s called Christianity.”…

  Trump warns drug cartels: “We will blow you out of existence”

The president talked about how his administration is now using the “supreme power of the United States military” to pursue drug cartels near Venezuela. The U.S. has conducted strikes against three boats suspected of carrying drugs.

“To every terrorist thug smuggling poisonous drugs into the United States of America, please be warned that we will blow you out of existence,” the president said.

  Trump slams “failed experiment of open borders,” saying “your countries are going to hell”

Mr. Trump railed against open borders, touting his administration’s efforts to restrict migration.

“It’s time to end the failed experiment of open borders,” the president said. “You have to end it now. See, I can tell you. I’m really good at this stuff. Your countries are going to hell.”

Mr. Trump said his administration has taken “bold” action to crack down on “uncontrolled migration.”

“Once we started detaining and deporting everyone who crossed the border and removing illegal aliens from the United States, they simply stopped coming,” he said. “They’re not coming anymore.”

  Trump says “Hamas has rejected reasonable efforts to make peace”

After several key Western allies of the United States announced before the U.N. General Assembly meeting that they are formally recognizing a Palestinian state, Mr. Trump said that would be a “reward for these horrible atrocities, including October 7, even while they refuse to release the hostages or accept a ceasefire.”

Mr. Trump said Hamas has “repeatedly rejected reasonable efforts to make peace.”

“They’ve taken so much, this could have been solved long ago,” Mr. Trump said. “But instead of giving in to Hamas’ ransom demands, those who want peace should be united with one message: Release the hostages now.”

There was some applause as Mr. Trump said “we have got to get the hostages back.”

Hamas took 251 people hostage on Oct. 7, and 1,200 people were killed. Most of the hostages have been released through earlier deals, and Israel has said they believe there are 20 captives who are still alive.

“We want all 20 back,” Mr. Trump said. Alluding to prior deals that only released a few hostages at  a time, Mr. Trump said “we don’t want two and four.” Mr. Trump also said they also want the bodies returned of hostages who had died during the fighting or been killed by Hamas.

“Those parents came to me and they want them back,” Mr. Trump said.

  Trump calls for end to development of biological and nuclear weapons

The president called for an end to the development of all biological and nuclear weapons.

“I look at weapons that are so powerful that we just can’t ever use them,” the president said. “If we ever use them, the world literally might come to an end. There would be no United Nations to be talking about. There would be no nothing.”

The president said he’d lead an international effort to stop manufacturing biological weapons and pioneer an AI verification system to that end.

  Trump says the prolonged war in Ukraine is “not making Russia look good”

Mr. Trump said he’s been working “relentlessly” to stop the “killing” in Ukraine. He repeated that he expected Russia’s war in Ukraine to be easy to resolve. That the war is still going on more than three years later is making Russia “look bad,” he said.

“I thought that was going to be the easiest one but you know in war, you never know what’s going to happen,” Mr. Trump said. “There are always lots of surprises, both good and bad.”

“It was supposed to be just a quick little skirmish,” Mr. Trump continued. “It’s not making Russia look good. It’s making them look bad. No matter what happens from here on out, this was something that should have taken a matter of days, certainly less than a week, and they’ve been fighting for three and a half years.”

The president also said Europe needs to “immediately” cease all energy purchases from Russia. They’ll discuss the matter today with European nations, he said.

  Trump laments losing bid for renovating UN building years ago

Mr. Trump, who was a real estate developer before he was elected president, complained that his offer to renovate the UN for $500 million, in the early 2000s, wasn’t accepted.

“I bid on the renovation and rebuilding of this very United Nations complex,” he said. “I remember it so well. I said at the time that I would do it for $500 million, rebuilding everything.”

“But they decided to go in another direction, which was much more expensive at the time” and produced a “far inferior product,” he added.

The president claimed he turned out to be right and there were massive cost overruns.

“As far as I’m concerned, frankly, looking at the building and getting stuck on the escalator, they still haven’t finished the job,” he said, telling world leaders that he and the first lady had gotten stuck on the U.N.’s escalator.

  Trump asks “what is the purpose of the United Nations?”

Mr. Trump claimed he ended seven “unendable wars” because of the United States’ involvement in brokering agreements, saying the U.N. wasn’t there to help negotiate.

“It’s too bad that I had to do these things instead of the United Nations doing them,” the president said. “… That being the case, what is the purpose of the United Nations?”

Mr. Trump said he should win the Nobel Peace Prize, but a moment later said the real prize would be saving lives by bringing wars to a close sooner.

“What I care about is not winning prizes, it’s saving lives,” he said….

  Trump says the teleprompter isn’t working so he’ll “speak from the heart”

The president took the stage, opening his remarks by saying the teleprompter wasn’t working.

“I don’t mind making this speech without a teleprompter, because the teleprompter is not working,” he said, to laughs. “I feel very happy to be up here with you nevertheless, and that way you speak more from the heart. I can only say that whoever is operating this teleprompter is in big trouble.”…