Re: “Trump assails UN and praises himself,” Chicago Tribune, p. 1 (Sept. 25)
Anyone who listened to Trump’s harangue at the United Nations this week cannot avoid the comparison with Joe Biden. Democrats are being harassed for not seeing the mental deterioration of Biden in time to dissuade him from running for a second term. First, Trump openly insulted the leaders of all world nations (“I’m really good at this stuff. Your countries are going to hell.”) Then he ranted nonstop about his favorite topics, all of which are based on lies.
1) Carbon footprint concepts are “a hoax,” climate science was developed by “stupid people,” and a “green energy scam” has ruined countries. “Energy is another area where the United States is now thriving like never before. We’re getting rid of the falsely named renewables.” “By the way, they’re a joke. They don’t work. They’re too expensive. … Most expensive energy ever conceived.” [Absolutely false. Clean energy is now cheaper than fossil fuel-based, which Trump plans to subsidize.]
2) “Under my leadership, energy costs are down, gasoline prices are down, grocery prices are down, and inflation has been defeated.” [all false, verifiable by anyone who has mastered third grade arithmetic]
3) “Now, after ending all of these [seven] wars … everyone says that I should get the Nobel Peace Prize for each one of these achievements.” The seven include four wars that continue (e.g., Israel, Ukraine), two non-wars, and one where India negotiated directly with Pakistan). (1)
4) Any sentence that included numbers was exaggerated many-fold.
5) “But we have a border, strong, and we have a shape, and that shape doesn’t just go straight up. That shape is amorphous when it comes to the atmosphere. And if we had the most clean air, and I think we do, we have very clean air, we have the cleanest air we’ve had in many, many years. But the problem is that other countries, like China, which has air that’s a little bit rough, it blows. And no matter what you’re doing down here, the air up here tends to get very dirty because it comes in from other countries where their air isn’t so clean and the environmentalists refuse to acknowledge that. Same thing with garbage.”
6) “Let us defend free speech and free expression.” [This from the man who ordered his FCC lackey to ban all late-night comedy that he doesn’t like.] “Let us protect religious liberty, including for the most persecuted religion on the planet today. It’s called Christianity.” [This from the man whose Supreme Court puppets just legalized arresting anyone who looks Hispanic.]
After point #5, you feel you are listening to someone who has escaped the Memory Care Unit of their retirement home. The laughter of over 100 representatives of the world nations who were trapped for an hour listening to this drivel should tell Americans something! Trump cannot continue to be given infinite power. Put this grotesque mockery of a leader out to pasture already! Our world is far too precious.
(1) https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/world/trump-un-seven-wars.html
Tom DeCoursey
Oak Park