"President Donald Trump speaks during the 80th session of the UN's General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters on September 23, 2025, in New York City.Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images In his inflammatory September 23 speech to the United Nations General Assembly, Donald Trump expressed contempt for the UN, falsely claiming he had ended seven wars and stating, "I realized that the United Nations wasn't there for us. I thought of it really after the fact ... that being the case, what is the purpose of the United Nations?""
"The UN Charter requires that all states settle their disputes peacefully and refrain from the use of armed force except in self-defense under Article 51, after an armed attack against a UN state by another state, or when the Security Council authorizes it. But, motivated by American exceptionalism - the notion that the U.S. is unique and morally superior and thus not bound by the rules - successive elected U.S. governments have violated the commands of the UN Charter"
Donald Trump conveyed disdain for the United Nations during a September 23 speech, falsely claiming he had ended seven wars and asking what purpose the UN serves. The United Nations was established eighty years ago after two world wars to "save succeeding generations from the scourge of war." The UN Charter obligates states to settle disputes peacefully and restricts the use of armed force to self-defense under Article 51, after an armed attack, or with Security Council authorization. Successive U.S. administrations, motivated by American exceptionalism, have launched unauthorized military attacks against states that had not attacked the United States, violating the UN Charter.
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