Trump's UN speech exposes both America's decline and UN's paralysis

Trump's rambling UN speech, met with silence, exposed America's retreat from global leadership and highlighted the urgent need for UN reform to reflect today's power realities

The farcical drama of a stalled escalator and a failed teleprompter symbolised the dystopian state of global politics as United States (US) President Donald Trump delivered his speech at the 80th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. The speech, which ran to 56 minutes against the 15 minutes allotted to each world leader, was vintage Trump; disjointed, rambling, mostly fact-free and infused with MAGA (Make America Great Again) tropes. The golden age of America had begun; migration is a threat and countries that accepted migrants were “going to hell”; climate change was the “greatest con job perpetrated on