NEW YORK CITY – President Donald Trump’s problems ending the wars in Gaza and Ukraine are poised to mar his return to the United Nations in New York City this week, though he is more empowered than he was the last time he made an appearance at the annual leaders summit in 2019.
Trump is scheduled to address the 80th session of the U.N. General Assembly’s High-Level Week on Tuesday before the green marble facade he has criticized in the past.
A White House official told the Washington Examiner that Trump would use his address to the U.N., his first in-person appearance at the summit since 2019 after the COVID-19 pandemic upended the 2020 edition, to emphasize issues of “peace, sovereignty, liberty,” ensure the organization delivers on its “core mandates,” and to promote “transparency, accountability, and burden sharing.”
Trump’s desire to make his mark on the U.N. is at odds with his preference for bilateralism over multilateralism as the two wars he promised to end on day one of his second administration continue eight months into his second presidency.
But although Trump may dislike multilateralism and is still contending with the wars, he is heading to the U.N. in a position of strength compared to previous High-Level Weeks.
