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Trump Delivers Remarks to the UN General Assembly, Sep. 22, 2026

September 22, 2026 · The White House · 0:38:34

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What happened

President Donald Trump addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 22, 2026, opening with America’s 250th anniversary: “America is back and our country is stronger today than ever before.” He cited more than 1 million new private-sector jobs, a poverty rate he said reached its lowest level in American history, real household incomes at a record average of $87,000, the largest tax cuts in American history, and $21 trillion in secured investment commitments. On the border, he said that in the past 16 months “zero illegal aliens have been admitted to the United States,” and he put violent crime and murder at historic lows, with crime in Washington, D.C. down 87%.

Abroad, he described Operation Midnight Hammer against Iran’s nuclear program and said Iran had refused his offers of a deal; he reviewed the January 2026 operation in Caracas and the arrest of Nicolás Maduro, a subsequent oil deal he called the largest in history covering 65 billion barrels, and strikes on cartel drug boats he said destroyed 97% of seaborne drug flow. He said Secretary of State Marco Rubio is “deep into negotiations with Cuba,” quoted foreign leaders crediting him with settling their conflicts, and said of Russia and Ukraine: “we will get that one done… 25,000 young people, mostly soldiers a month are dying.” His stated doctrine: “I have no interest in leaving dangers to grow for another day.”

Why it matters

A General Assembly address is the administration’s annual full-dress statement to the world, and this one is dense with claims the scoreboard exists to test — jobs, poverty, income, investment, border admissions, and war outcomes. It is also the anchor text for Ambassador Mike Waltz’s UN tenure and Secretary Rubio’s diplomacy under this hub.

Scoreboard watch

This address is a scoreboard candidate in itself: the dated, checkable claims above (poverty rate, $87,000 average household income, $21 trillion in commitments, zero admissions over 16 months, 97% of seaborne drugs destroyed) are candidates for the promise-and-claims evidence log as official data publishes.

Sources: The White House, “President Trump Delivers Remarks, Sep. 22, 2026” (official upload, embedded above; the upload’s description places the remarks in New York, NY). All figures as stated by the President in the address.