U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the U.N. stage on Tuesday, where he blasted globalist policies and tried to bring the focus back to his America First policies.

World leaders, who are waiting to see what the U.S. will do regarding U.N. and NATO funding, listened closely to his remarks at the U.N. General Assembly.

It was also a moment for Trump to be able to meet many of his counterparts and discuss issues like Ukraine, Gaza, and tariffs, which is one of the biggest topics that many are hoping will be resolved at the end of this UNGA week.

Tuesday was also a big meeting day for Gaza and Ukraine.

The U.N. Security Council, the 15-member council, which is the most powerful body in the U.N., decided to meet on two of the biggest conflicts that are happening around the world.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy oversaw the Ukraine meeting and the Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani and the Palestinian ambassador to the U.N., Riyad Mansour, were there to discuss Gaza.

The meetings come at a moment of huge importance.

Both Zelenskyy and Al Thani are focusing on building a resolution to both of these ongoing conflicts. They're looking to see if President Donald Trump will weigh in and be able to secure these peace deals as he promised he would do on his campaign trail.

Tuesday was a huge day for the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who came to the U.N. despite having some concerns about his visa and restrictions about his movements in New York.

He was the first speaker on Tuesday and he spoke about what his focus is on as he takes over Brazil after his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro had a tumultuous run.

Bolsonaro was convicted of organizing a coup to illegally remain in office following his electoral defeat to President da Silva in 2022. The far-right leader has not been sent to a prison while he files an appeal.

Jordan's King Abdullah also spoke on Tuesday.

He focused on Gaza, and a two-state solution for Palestine and Israel.

The two-state solution is something that was discussed on Monday in a three-hour long conference where many countries, including France, Belgium, Luxembourg decided to recognize Palestine as a state for the first time, in a big blow to Israel and the U.S. who have been lobbying against the effort.

The rest of the UNGA week will feature speeches from other individuals, including the Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

He is going to be speaking at a moment of great importance for his country. There are sanctions looming at the end of this week if Iran and its European counterparts do not come up with a deal to be able to stop the sanctions from coming back into place.

Syrian interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa will also appear at UNGA.

This is the first time that Syria will have a president appear at the U.N. in 60 years.

Al-Sharaa is aiming to convince the West to remove sanctions on Syria.

Nearly 90 heads of state and 43 heads of government are among the dignitaries appearing on the U.N. stage during the week-long summit.

The high-level event, noted by some U.N. watchers as the World Cup of diplomacy, is jam-packed with official and unofficial gatherings between heads of state and government, where complex trade deals, sensitive peace negotiations, and even normalization efforts between allies and adversaries alike could see breakthroughs.

Officials state that more than 1,600 bilateral meetings are scheduled to take place inside the sprawling U.N. campus that oversees the East River.