Trump at the UN: Ending wars requires more than rhetoric
The Tribune Editorial: Trump’s UN speech revealed the paradox of a leader claiming credit for ending wars while fanning the conditions that ignite future ones.
Updated At : 07:15 AM Sep 26, 2025 IST
AT the United Nations General Assembly, Donald Trump painted himself as a peacemaker, boasting that his leadership had helped “end seven wars” and restrain conflict. Yet the substance of his speech revealed something very different: a leader who weakens the very pillars of cooperation needed to secure lasting peace. Most striking was his dismissal of climate change as the “greatest con job ever.” Climate change is already driving droughts, floods and food insecurity — all triggers of conflict. To deny this reality while claiming to preserve peace is a contradiction that exposes the emptiness of Trump’s rhetoric.
