Trump declares ‘golden age’ for US at UN

President Trump told the UN General Assembly on Tuesday that the US had entered a “golden age” since he took office in January

US President Donald Trump told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that the United States had entered a “golden age” since he took office in late January, after what he described as years of weakness and chaos under President Joe Biden.

He said an era of “calm and stability” during his first term had given way to major crises, arguing that “four years of weakness, lawlessness, and radicalism” had left the country facing repeated disasters.

Trump said his administration had succeeded in lowering energy costs, gasoline prices, food prices, and mortgage rates, while defeating inflation and driving the stock market to record highs.

He recalled losing a contract in the early 2000s to renovate the UN headquarters in New York, saying the project had ultimately been awarded at a far higher cost than what he claimed he could have delivered.

The president credited his leadership with ending seven international conflicts, including disputes between Pakistan and India and a brief war between Israel and Iran, and criticized the United Nations for failing to take on such a role. He argued the organization limited itself to issuing strongly worded statements without meaningful follow-up, which he said had no impact in ending wars.