Standing in front of top UN officials, before more than 150 world leaders, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday blasted the international organisation.

He said they didn’t reach out to him on the various wars he says he has brought to a conclusion.

“I’ve always said the UN has such tremendous, tremendous potential. But it’s not even coming close to living up to that potential,” Trump said.

“For the most part, at least for now, all they seem to do is write a really strongly worded letter and then never follow that letter. It’s empty words and empty words don’t solve wars.”

Trump wasted little time telling representatives of countries across the world that the US is “the hottest country anywhere in the world, and there is no other country even close.”

He added later that the US is “the

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