Donald Trump has used one of the most important foreign policy speeches of his presidency to complain at the United Nations about a broken teleprompter, a faulty elevator and his failed bid to renovate the group’s headquarters.
In a landmark address at the UN General Assembly in New York, the president also took aim at the global organization for not playing a role in helping him “end” seven wars.
“I never even received a phone call from the United Nations offering to help,” he told the world leaders who gathered on Tuesday morning to watch the president speak.
“These are the two things I got from the United Nations: a bad escalator and a bad teleprompter.”
The speech was the first time Trump had addressed the UN General Assembly in six years, and took place against the backdrop of wa