‘This is indeed the Golden Age of America’: Trump at UNGA

Addressing the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) today (23 September) for first time since 2020, US President Donald Trump opened his speech with a familiar theme – the United States was terrible under his predecessor President Joe Biden, but has rapidly improved since he took office in late January.

“Six years have passed since I last stood in this grand hall and addressed a world that was prosperous and at peace in my first term since that day,” Trump said

“An era of calm and stability gave way to one of the great crises of our time. And here in the United States, four years of weakness, lawlessness and radicalism under the last administration delivered our nation into a repeated set of disasters.”

He continued: “Under my leadership, energy costs are down. Gasoline prices are down. Grocery prices are down. Mortgage rates are down and inflation has been defeated. The only thing that’s up is the stock market, which just hit a record high.”

Stock markets have hit new highs. However, US consumer prices increased by the most in seven months in August amid higher costs for housing and food.