Trump goes on unhinged rant about broken escalators and empty words in | World | News
Donald Trump has lashed out at the United Nations, accusing the world body of “empty words” during an address to leaders from across the globe. He said: “I didn’t even get a call from the United Nations. I got a broken teleprompter and an escalator that stopped right in the middle”
“All they do is write strongly worded letters and never follow them up. Empty words and empty words don’t solve wars.”
The US President added that the UN was “not there for us” during negotiations to end the wars he says he has “solved”.
In his fiery rant he asked the General Assembly: “What is the purpose of the United Nations?”
He continued: “The United Nations has such tremendous potential. But it’s not even coming close to living up to that potential.”
Trump then recalled his failed bid to renovate the UN headquarters several years ago when he was a property developer.
The UN “decided to go in a different direction”, which produced a “far inferior product” he says. He expressed his gripe that they went with terrazzo floors rather than the marble he proposed.
He said that the organisation “did not even get the marble floors I promised them”.
“They still haven’t finished the job,” he said, returning to the broken escalator. Continuing, he asked if the UN is able to play a “productive role” in world affairs.
As he continued his speech at the General Assembly in New York the president then accused the United Nations of funding the migrant crisis.
“Your countries are being ruined”, said Trump. “The United Nations is funding an assault on western countries and their borders.”
The UN is meant to “stop invasions, not fund them”, he added.
Trump also accused Sadiq Kha of putting London under ‘Sharia Law’ as he reignited his ongoing feud with the capital’s mayor.
President Trump said: “I look at London where you have a terrible mayor. A terrible, terrible mayor. I’s been so changed, so changed, now they want to go to Sharia Law. It’s really a different country, you can’t do that.”
