Jonathan Kearsley: US correspondent on President Donald Trump taking aim at climate change and immigration policies in UN speech

Trump lashed out at the world on climate change and immigration while addressing the UN's General Assembly. 

With a MAGA style rally speech, Trump began by touting his own domestic achievements. 

He went on to say the United Nations doesn't come close to its tremendous potential.

Trump also claimed open border policies are a failed experiment and warned against the 'green scam'. 

US correspondent Jonathan Kearsley labelled the speech 'extraordinary' and raised concerns over what this could mean for the US' relationship with allies.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
International Correspondence with ends and eye insurance, peace of mind
for New Zealand business pretty four to five. Jonathan kurz Our,
US correspondent, Jonathan, what was that from Trump at the
U WIN Or was everyone kind of expecting something like that?

Speaker 2 (00:15):
Well? Boy, oh boy, wow?

Speaker 1 (00:16):
Wait.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
I mean, the US President likes to make a headline
for himself. He's also declared himself a peacemaker. But essentially
what you saw today this was not a diplomatic speech.
It was almost a political rally style speech from the
commander in chief. And I suppose many in the room
would have been expecting to hear something similar, But this
was extraordinary. He launched into the United Nations, He launched
into allies, He launched into nations he said were effectively

(00:39):
pushing climate change at agenda that he said was a
hoax called at the Great Big Green con has said
that countries that are not dealing with immigration are going
to hell. It was an extraordinary offside, if you like.
At the United Nations too, he raised a personal gripe
he had over not being able to carry out a
half a billion dollar redevelopment of the United Nations, saying

(01:01):
he would fill the building with Mahogany, but they went
a different way. The day for him started not great.
He got stuck on an escalator on the ride up
there with Milania. Some reports out of that now seemed
to suggest, well, his videographer might have set off some
sort of trigger system in it. But then he got
inside and the telly prompted didn't work. So if he
woke up grumpy while he certainly didn't get any better.

(01:21):
But then after that we heard extraordinary conversations with Vladimir Zelenski,
Ukrainian leader, where he basically said that NATO nations should
start shooting Russian planes out of the sky if they're
encroaching their air space. He really seems to be politically
shifting his position on that, frustrated with Vladimir Putin that
that conflict can't come to an end, and citing now
far more closely with the Ukrainian side of things.

Speaker 1 (01:43):
Now that it's more positive news at least for Elbow
finally got his meeting. What did that meeting actually look? Right?

Speaker 2 (01:48):
Yes, well, he finally got a maybe we can call
it an interaction rather than a meeting, but certainly he
went off to the Lot Palace hotel in New York,
a five star establishment in Manhattan Whereald Trump was hosting
round about one hundred and forty five world leaders and
their partners. And yes, we are told that there was
a conversation described as a good conversation those leaders and

(02:10):
their spouses. The Prime Minister took alongside his Beyonce Jody Hayden.
They post for a photograph with the American President the
first Lady, as all of the other leaders and their
spouses did, and then essentially they largely all made their
way out of there. I was at the front of
the hotel as we watched these world leaders come in
and go. One year from China, we saw Marcarney from
Canada walking by on foot, having had this sort of

(02:32):
brief interaction if you like, with the American President. But
as through this Prime Minister has been able to lock
in finally at last a formal meeting at the White
House October twenty. The date's been said Anthony Albanezi will
make his third trip to the United States and it
will be a trip that will largely focused on you
would imagine the Orchest Alliance. That submarine major deal has

(02:52):
been under review by the Pentagon and it is due
to come back, and it may well be that that
is the time it comes back, comes back, and maybe
Donald Trump might put his own personal spin on the
three hundred and sixty billion dollar arrangement.

Speaker 1 (03:05):
Goodness made their twenty eight minute monologue from Jimmy Kimmel
to open the show probably go down in history is
one of the longest. But how's it been received?

Speaker 2 (03:15):
Yeah, I think by his supporters. Unsurprisingly, it's been widely
well received. I mean the late night hosts who he is.
Of course, colleagues off the likes of Jimmy Fallon and
Stephen Colbert certainly rallied in behind him. It was an
extraordinary monologue. He sent a message to the American President,
essentially saying that he had tried to get him off
air and force his staff out of jobs. He wanted

(03:35):
to silence people over what he said was a joke.
Now wind the clock back. Yes, Jimmy Kimmel made a
comment about the suspect charged over the assassination of Charlie
Kirky was then sidelines and it was feared that that
would be the end of him. But Disney ABC they
brought him back, but not brought him back to everybody
because it seems that a whole bunch of ABC affiliates

(03:55):
Next Star and another one as well that have a
whole host just stations across the United States of America
decided not to bring Jimmy Kimmel back. But needless to say,
the late night TV host did what he does best,
and that is get in front of a television camera
and speak. He pretty much spoke for the heart tonight.
I think two this was a moment that he wanted.
It's a moment he's clearly savoring us, a victory for

(04:18):
free speech. I don't think Donald Trump's supporters would have
been widely watching it too much because the criticism of
the American President was essentially he was trying to use
his media watchdog to silence somebody who was a critic
of him, and that had been the criticism that had
been the concern. But it seems at least in this instance,
Jimmy Kimmel has won for now, but the American President

(04:41):
truth social tonight to say, essentially, he's not that happy
about it.

Speaker 1 (04:45):
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