President Donald Trump used his September 22 address to the United Nations General Assembly to deliver a pointed challenge to the international body’s approach to immigration, national sovereignty and the persecution of Christians.
Rather than offering the usual diplomatic language, Trump directly confronted the U.N. human-rights establishment and questioned why American immigration enforcement receives such intense international scrutiny while Christians continue to face severe persecution across the globe.
His remarks came less than two months after the U.N. General Assembly voted 144-10 to give Volker Türk another four-year term as U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights. The United States was among the countries opposing the renewal.
Trump used his appearance before representatives of 193 nations to make clear that Washington does not accept the idea that international institutions should dictate how the United States manages its borders.
