Transcript for Trump gives an 'America first' speech to the United Nations

Hi everyone on in the vodka continuing coverage of president trumps first speech. Before the United Nations General Assembly to saw his remarks their little over forty minutes. Which he tried to take some of the campaign promises he ran on including America first and translate them. And to foreign policy for the rest of the world. Let's go live now to ABC's political director Rick Klein was keeping an eye on the speech from down there in Washington DC and Rick. A couple of races that stood out to me that the president used over and over again he talked about. The independence of nations he talked about. Strong sovereign nations and messaging with sort of like we're gonna do us. You guys do you made it will come together in decent deals. But I think that was only the first half of the speech because the second half was about potentially obliterate North Korea. About not tolerating ran violating nuclear agreement about. A potential intervention is an in Venezuela and Syria Venezuela's case it was about specifically the former government so I think this highlights the inherent disconnect the president dropped. He is not an isolationist in some ways you can tick through waited he. A rattle off threats and so this is via traditional Republican foreign policy speech. But it had almost from the intelligence to call the leader of North Korea rocket man to say that there's parts of the world that are going to hell. To call out Venezuela as he did in those explicit terms I'd be like. He was trying to relate to the world the same way that he related to the American people. With the campaign words and the heart freezes it it more the signature of trump as a candidate. Let's go to ABC's chief global affairs anchor Martha Raddatz who was also keeping an eye on that speech in my thoughts Rick mentioned one of that. Headlines from this speech of course we've come a long way from fire and fury. This was a ramping up of tensions this was a clear threat to what the US could potentially do when it comes to North Korea. It it it sure was and the fire and fury alarmed every one when when president trump said that and that seemed most likely and off the cuff statement and several others and it dial that statement back and. Even secretary mabus just stick a couple of weeks ago said we. We are not looking to the total annihilation of a country namely North Korea even now we have the options to do so so the president saying. We could totally destroy. North Korea is an incredibly sobering statement. If you look at how we would do that and we certainly. Couldn't do that. But how you would do that and the walks of life involved in that act a country with 25 million people. And of course in South Korea ten million people alone. In the capitol of sold certainly there would be mass casualties. And there would be casualties among the US military as well because if you totally annihilate. Another country that takes a great. Deal military. The military is taking all of this incredibly seriously we've seen these exercises we've seen live fire exercises we. Seeing computer exercises on exactly what an attack would look like. And but it held her attack. Would look like. And it is an ugly. Ugly picture it's why a lot of people say there is no military option what they really mean is there is no military option. That does not involve a great loss of life you know marketing say again and again that this president doesn't drop rat lines it seems difficult to see how he would back a way. From the statements that were made in today's remarks. What of the one thing. You know it's is that there is a little wiggle room what exactly does he mean about defending our allies defending ourselves. Certainly if they launch a nuclear tipped missile towards the United States and they see it coming we will defend herself but before we said we will defend ourselves we so we don't know at what. Point you cross that red line. Now I should add. That secretary mabus did say they aren't looking at military options that would not involved loss of life in South Korea whether that in. Involves a cyber attack or some other sort of attack we don't know about that would. It's able. I can Johnson ability to retaliate but I cannot imagine what that is and again. The president of the United States just told the world that if we need to defend ourselves or our allies we will have no choice but to totally. Destroyed North Korea. Grave grave consequences behind those words Martha Raddatz in Washington thanks for being with us Martha. Over to Terry Moran in London who was watching president comes remarks from Mary Carey it struck me the president chose to open and wind at statement about how strong the US military was going to be. And as Rick mentioned also meet sort of some try and be in statements along the way talking about the cost benefit analysis of the US investment. In this diplomatic body what did you make overall of how he presented America on the world stage today. While there's no question out of this was an adult portion of Donald Trump what the Americans got used to it during the campaign. This is really that with the world's first long list and to trump on full blast and as you say he began. As Donald Trump is want to boasting. About the progress of the United States he says under his leadership. Some of that economy. Economic good news probably is momentum but some of it is also perhaps good feelings about his leadership. And then also the might of the United States I think the picture you. Presents to the world. America is of a changed country. A country that no longer is the main sponsorship of international. Every president since Franklin Rosen. At one degree or another. Was a sponsor of free trade of multi national and international institutions to resolve conflict of defending. Human rights and other values around the world this is a totally different American president and he marked with this speech. The end of an American her. Terry it strikes paper trying to draw some kind of firm infrastructure around what this foreign policy looks like now summit this harshest criticism was aimed at North Korea. And at Iran both nuclear power to some degree and it is and if you're looking for any kind of guidelines as to we you know Howland mr. trump in the administration. View the world is that where the red lines are because really by all accounts ordered the moral leadership on on every other nation and talk like human rights abuses or or others. That was sort of abdicated that was set to decide when in terms of an America first policy those are the two nations he's choosing to hone in on. That's right and Venezuela to a lesser extent and its national interest as he has promised. Throughout his campaign and from his inaugural address on his speech in Poland in July was critical in this regard to understand how Donald Trump approaches the world. The national interest America comes first and he sees as do many that threat. Nuclear threat from North Korea as a dire threat to the United States and he answered it with that those. Truly shocking term that the United States is threatening to totally destroy. A nation of 25 million people not take out its regime not. Cripple its ability to threaten its neighbors or the world but to totally destroy the nation the definition of a nation. Is the people inside a country. He is essentially threatening a war and it is shocked to hear president of the United States do. We'll see how those remarks are playing out in just a moment as well Taylor ran live in London thanks for being with us Harry. For those of you who miss those remarks here is the moment that is resonating most widely after president trumps first addressed the United Nations General Assembly this is him speaking just moments ago. About North Korea and its leader take a lesson. Known Yankee constantly on our. I have an interest in Beijing this man to Israel's army. Was nuclear wells it was a yen and its eat the United States says he's suffering and pain of that negativity towards English and its downward. It obviously has noticed as she shifts Arnold of liberals like artillery only few stores rocket man got EU. Regarding suicide mission for details as opposed deals and or his three game so beast in the United States is ready though it is willing enhances our Gupta went hopefully we'll. This will not be necessary. Is that a lot in my innately nation was at the book is all about us. What you're hearing there with some of the translation that accompanied the president's remarks but let's bring in my colleague Molly hunter. Over in London he was watching president trumps address from there Molly rocket man is on a suicide mission at classic trump be in phrasing that. How are people across the rest of the world reacting to what he just had today. Everyone heard him on and I rocket man is deathly the biggest social when I thinks so far have what we're seeing resulting together on those stats. That ricocheting around footer on all the social media pot farms immediately everyone was talking about it. But everyone was talking about the weight he described North Korea is well. Dip rain twisted those words really turn a lot of Wayne people we're talking about at immediately inks Molly. Let's bring in it now gesturing Sione down in Washington DC's the president of the plowshares fund and a member of the council on foreign relations Joseph thanks for being with us my place. That we spoke yesterday last night you mentioned we're actually meeting where they're running and president for honey and members. His administration here what are they expecting from president Trump's speech and how do you think they hurt when he at Tuesday. Watts up with the United Nations. Last night. In with president on about 25 Americans plus members it is cabinet. Chief of staff. They were expecting a very hard line speech from the United States they were expecting the president to denounce. You on agreement as they did. And they said the president does this at the US pulls out of the Iran in agreement there will be pulling out a loan. That this will the. A threat to diplomacy in the region and diplomacy in the world and I think that's pretty much what you hurt and it's at. You Rautins of course ever been out there on self serving reasons. Vote for criticizing the president United States. But I think their view is shared by more countries in publishing. The president's view I don't think there are many people in that room who agree with them. That this is a one sided do you remember this was negotiated. White with how close it's European allies with Russia with China UN Security Council endorsed unanimously. This is a globally accepted agreement. And the president is trashing it the way he did on the campaign trail ominously threatening to pull out of it if he does it will in fact. Undermined. Global diplomacy. Well Rick Klein give me your take on this for a second because the Iran deal presents a sort of unique problem. For president trying to be certainly ran I was gonna rip it up to see if he got into office he hasn't yet and you just heard Joseph talk about how could with just create more problems for the president. Is if the problem and manufacture problem that he doesn't want to bring on himself right. I think he. The venting that you heard about the Iran deal about how unfair it was United States that's unlikely to get a good hearing at the United Nations and of course it is a different issue and even the way the president. Framed it today casts it in it different in a different issue and I think just more broadly the way that the president is at the responds to the realities of the world. Vs what he said as a campaign as a campaign are. They have brought out some some stark devise inside president Trump's own hit quite frankly and I think he is trying to. Figure those things out and again II said earlier about the two different speeches that we heard today. One with the kind of soaring idealism of every country having its own sovereignty the other one with a whole mess of lines they weren't read it were something close to that. I feel like that's where it is difficult and I think Iran deal as a perfect example that he's got voices inside. His own cabinet meeting inside his own had her saying get rid of this deal he has others who were saying. Wait a second let's look at the broader picture here and what it means to it is to establish an Iran without in the that is in a nuclear threat vs what you have a North Korea now. It becomes very difficult very fast. Here's how some of those voices are coming together with the president have to say about around for those of you admit that this is what the president said. About his approach to Iran in remarks earlier and it just a moment ago take a lesson. We'll see we cannot last book is a mariners Elba regime will be east continues these destabilizing. Activities. While building is dangerous and missiles at. And still we cannot aside by an agreement. If there's provides cover up for the end exactly almost bus instruction. What about the handles are here. The jester and Sione let me get your take on this now murderous regime and he refers to the Iranian leadership. There how does the conversation move forward from here we just left and a place of uncertainty now because he ran on ripping up the deal. As you said the rest of the world how he won't be happy if the US pulls out where do we move forward on. You know there's the various expect effective speech for president from space like it was the primary audience for this. He wasn't talking to diplomats in that auditorium. These were props really for the sport domestic America first speech is what is he ran on. This is what it looks like where it's all about us last train. It's all about out threats other countries but here he runs into this problem up. A court diplomacy. You know yes Iran's regime is a murderous regime yes they have won the worst human rights records in the world. Well guess what we make deals with countries like at a all the time. With Mao's China which Stalin's Russia. Much more murders sheet that to you negotiate deals with the order to constrain their activities reduce their activities and here you get to this fundamental problem. It if that of this solemn word of the United States and making an agreement can be overturned by the next president. Did it because of this individual preferences that undermines US credibility around the world. That makes it extremely difficult to come to an agreement with and that next country. For example North Korea U plot of the Iran deal your chance of negotiating a deal with North Korea dropped to close to zero but trek even went our allies trade deals. How can anyone trust the United States if the United States just flip on a dime depending on who the president of the United States it's. That's the fundamental problem that Donald Trump presents to world leaders took. Molly hunter you mentioned that rocket man list I was catching on to some degree it's obviously it relatively easy Fraser going to get their heads around where any of the other concept. The president trump introduced airing the idea of strong sovereign nation going after Venezuela and Iran any of though is resonating in those conversations to. Yeah I'm and we actually have numbers for Iraq and that day in the numbers are going out as we're speaking right now 21000. Tweets right now since he uttered the word and that will definitely go out. On I decided to say to the other thing that was really trying to honest immediately ten minutes into the speech that hash tag on that UN GA. Was the number one worldwide trends of people were listening. The other key at one of the key concept that if they themes that people really. And got on to on social media and on Twitter with the fact that that first half of the speech was really about sovereignty. And and that second half of the speech before he headed back the patriotism was really about condemning. Abusive governments people really we're talking about -- there was a lot of tweets at from Venezuela about Venezuelan not from any officials that we've seen. And the people who really digging into that kind greater fanatic impressions of this speech as it went. And I went saying we are watching again as people work. Watching from other countries arts he have rested today with live tweeting mass. And that action a lot of people we're looking a little bit the Israeli paper is at the Middle Eastern papers. Not a lot of chatter from there but there also wasn't any mention of Israel and Palestine at the peace process is of people also took note of what wasn't mentioned on the a drag her there was a good cut away there seeing. President Netanyahu in the crowd them nodding at president trump. With talking about Iran and the threat it poses. In the region and and Rick Klein I want to ask you about another threat that the president honed in on. This phrase that has -- told Leighton with controversy this radical Islamic terrorism. It'd much stronger part of the president's remarks in in months past it didn't play. As as prominently today though even though what mention. I think that I think it was a little bit softer in terms of the emphasis and in a clearly the president is focused on the issue. But I think he. When you talk even about how comfortable it is for him to be calling out some US allies with question with human rights abuses that is a word is using the word Islamic in that context we know that president trump. Odds are pres Obama avoided that as the Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail to part of it a lack of it it seems to me like another example where the president. Is learning that those those words mean quite a bit so maybe that's a reason to soft pedal it just the touch. But again this was not a president shy in talking about the threats and need to be confronted. And I think radical terrorism radical Islamic terrorism is is part of that and it very prominent part of that he talking about that Afghanistan's strategy talking about prices talking about how it relates to Syria Iran. This is all kind of swirling in his head and I think the key part. How he views his role on the world stage. Director for looking for sort of key themes to pull out again wouldn't phrase that stood out to me in about to get to take on it with that the United States living for will be guided by outcomes. Not ideology to that's right you tell it. It does and I think it's a tweet at other president's previous president's some other foreign policy thinkers who have said well what are you even you conservative you neo realist. Ideally you have eighty he doctrine and I think the president has made clear that his doctors making American rate. And to my mind the doctrine for the world is to respect. That America is B is listening to that and that there's ways to adapt to that this was a different vision turnaround made references that different vision. For America's role on the world stage a trump be envision. Much more aimed at a domestic audience that is behind him and voted for him because he would see these kinds of things he would go out there call threats and not back off of the needs its it to me explicit comments. Aimed it at rogue regimes and I think bringing that mindset to the United Nations has to be startling. You can hear gasps in the room when he talked about the possibility of a glittering in the entire country that doesn't happen at the UN typically. And I feel like that these when he talks about being driven by individual outcomes that is is a lot of what trumpets he plays that individual and pulled from the he's not looking down the road and saying this is the grand strategy tests. Molly hunter is keeping an eye on what's resonating across social media and some of the international reaction. And Molly Saudi Arabia with something that came out very briefly with decides what I fop president chuck mentioned the Human Rights Council at the UN. And some permanent members who have their own issue with human rights abuses. Saudi Arabia of course has been on that list along with China as falling under that criticism but what what do you notice. Didn't name names that's pressure on I mean there should have been some awkward smiles in the audience from US allies that he specifically didn't mention I'm your right he did mention speaking in Saudi earlier this year he actually that I spoke in Saudi last year it may feel like here it was only in May on that. It eyewitness they when we are talking up prime minister Netanyahu kind of nodding along when he was speaking about Iran the other person nodding along with the Saudi foreign minister Jim there. He and Netanyahu were both reacting very similarly to this hot talk on Iran and we will actually hear prime minister Netanyahu speak later today. I'm now as I mentioned earlier he didn't actually mansion is for all. And house and or any of that kind of keeps peace process during his speech we will get up from Netanyahu later bet on I do and just read a really quick. Tweet from Carl Bildt is the co chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations kind of relating to what Rick was saying earlier it bit quote president Tran. His and that's each resurrect a turbocharged. Version of axis of evil now down to North Korea and Iran dangerously simplistic and he followed that with a quote. And die by Netanyahu it seems trump wants to keep the US wants to take the US into a region wide war with Iran. Europe we'll suffer everyone believes that the two people nodding along with that message was certainly Saudi Arabia and as round as a grim analysis there Molly hunter live. In London toaster in Sealy let me get your take on that they Turbo charged. Version of American foreign policy it strikes me though in past. UN GA address as you walk away thinking okay this is how the president sees the world the axis of evil is one example that obvious he stands out. How did president trying to position the US when it comes to working with v.s. Other 192. Nations in the future. Very poorly you remember when George W. Bush delivered his axis of evil phrase he was speaking. In the well of the US congress he was speaking to the American public. When George W. Bush went to the US and like all other previous presidents they're seeking to unite the international community to unite around you Wesley Shipp. There was no uniting in Trump's speech there was no really reaching out this was a lecturer in. Bombast bravado within our own lives. There was due date he did not succeed. In bringing other countries around to a vision of US leadership you heard them argue said about the the European response people are afraid that the United States is heading towards wars. Floral in the Middle East and most and most importantly in North Korea this threat. That he made. Due to destroy North Korea this is reminiscent of Nikita Khrushchev we will bury you. This is the kind of lost do you expect from dictators not from the president of the United States any member for Koreans. The United States already has destroyed North Korea in the Korean War we bombed that country flat are. Military leaders complained there were no targets left so in the north Koreans here this. They take this very seriously. When the you can jump on here's that he consulted as rocket what do you think he's gonna do power be afraid. I would expect more tests more an answer to this speech with more rockets quite frankly more missile test so you can see this kind of speech. Rather than rallying the world or pressing the world is likened it to make the world more fearful likely to raise tensions likely to it to cause North Korea to. To react in a way that could indeed. A lead United States and North Korea to stumble into war perhaps neither really wants. We'll wait to see how those leaders do react when Molly hunter is keeping an eye on some of the reaction already coming in a Molly what are we hearing so far. That's right so reaction slow obviously everyone was in that many of the leaders record in that speech and and many where. Abiding by protocol not tweeting too much that we digits here from prime minister Netanyahu. Who writes he's just tweeting and he were actually which is interesting we I was pay attention of course what language these leaders are tweeting to opt in says something about our audience. The prime minister Netanyahu tweeting president Tran told the truth. About the dangers lurking in the world and urged us to stand up to all the power to ensure the future of mankind and it's slightly a rapid translation. But Netanyahu in vastly cheering clapping from the stands as we talked about earlier it's going to be very similar to what he speaks about. Later today when he speaks he's the speaker number 18 of the morning session president chump with the second speaker of the morning fashion. But on the well Carol a lot we want the president and prime minister Netanyahu wants to be aligned with trump on as he wants to say. See we're speaking the same language we're taught we're bringing the same message to the world about Iran listen to this guy listen to the president the United States. I'm saying the same thing. And so will probably hasn't been good indication of what what you're and a couple hours and of course we'll have full coverage of that here as well Molly contact. Live in London thanks for being with us Molly. Thanks also gesturing to Yemeni and Rick Klein down in Washington DC and thanks to you for watching as well. Head over to abcnews.com at any time for full coverage of today's United Nations General Assembly and analysis. I've presidents Trump's birth remarks there at this morning thanks for joining us for now. I'm on the Nevada penalty accuracy.

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