President Donald Trump is expected to claim he is winning both on the battlefield and as a peacemaker on Tuesday (September 22, 2026) in a speech to the United Nations overshadowed by growing spillover from his stalled war against Iran. U.S.
“This year, we expect more of a contrast between Trump, sort of both announcing and celebrating his record as a peacemaker versus defending his ongoing military operations around the world. Mr. As well as his closely watched speech to the General Assembly, Mr. Trump will hold side meetings with Britain’s new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, as well as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Japanese premier Sanae Takaichi and Venezuela’s interim leader Delcy Rodriguez. Mr. Trump clearly has not gotten over the incidents. “Fortunately, my first lady was very strong and I was able to grab her back or another part of her body.
Trump has regularly attacked the UN and its leader Antonio Guterres since returning to office, although Washington last week reportedly paid $725 million into its budget, avoiding the embarrassment of losing some of its voting rights.
“No one knows what Trump is going to say, not even Trump’s speechwriters,” International Crisis Group’s Daniel Forti said. He also railed against a defective teleprompter, falsely accused London’s mayor of imposing Islamic law and said Europe was in “serious trouble” over migration. “They turned off the escalator,” he said last week in the Oval Office. It was actually a little bit lower than the back,” he said.
Mr. Trump, who has supported Mr. Lula’s opponents and other right-wing candidates across Latin America, may not like what he hears.
Leftist Lula, running for reelection, said last week that he would tell Trump to not “meddle” in Brazil’s upcoming vote.
