The United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday lauded India for being able to lift its people out of poverty.
“There is India, a free society of over a billion people, lifting people out of poverty into the middle class,” while addressing the 73rd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), where he cited success stories from around the world.
Further, Trump stressed America’s commitment to sovereignty maintaining that the US will always favour ‘independence and cooperation over global governments.’
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Trump also launched an attack on China and their trade practices, saying that the US would ‘no longer tolerate their trade abuses and theft of US intellectual property.’
“We will not allow our workers to be victimized, our companies to be cheated,” Trump said while confirming that the tariffs on nearly $250 billion worth of Chinese goods were levied to protect its citizens.
While acknowledging that he still had ‘great respect and affection’ Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump said that ‘America will always act in our national interests.’
US president Donald Trump also evoked laughter at the assembly as he boasted about his administration’s accomplishments in his speech.
“Today, I stand before the United Nations general assembly to share the extraordinary progress we have made. In less than two years, my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country. So true,” Trump said at the top of his speech.
His remarks elicited laughter from the world leaders gathered in the UN general assembly hall for the general debate.
“Didn’t expect that reaction but that’s okay,” Trump responded, as the delegates in the UNGA hall laughed and clapped.
Trump said America’s economy is booming like never before and since his election, the US has added USD 10 trillion in wealth.
Additionally, Trump also blasted Iran for showing ‘chaos, death and destruction,’ in the Middle East and hailed his decision to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or the Iran nuclear deal, saying, ‘many countries in the Middle East strongly supported,’ America’s withdrawal.
“Iran’s leaders plunder the nation’s resources to enrich themselves and to spread mayhem across the Middle East and far beyond. The Iranian people are rightly outraged that their leaders have embezzled billions of dollars from Iran’s treasury, seized valuable portions of the nation’s economy all to send out their proxies to wage war,” Trump added.
(With ANI Inputs)