By Anthony Marcus for Eurasia Business News, September 23, 2025. Article n°1801

The U.S. President Donald Trump sharply criticized Western migration and climate policies during his United Nations General Assembly speech on September 23, warning that such approaches are “destroying the West” and threatening national identity and economic stability.

Migration Criticisms

Trump argued that uncontrolled migration was leading Western nations “to hell,” blaming the United Nations for “funding an assault” through what he called lax migration regulations. He claimed that migration policies promoting open borders were undermining national culture and security, urging European leaders to adopt tougher stances similar to those he enacted in the United States, such as stricter border controls and mass deportations of criminals and illegals. He asserted that “energy and open immigration is destroying Europe,” and accused the UN of spending hundreds of millions to support migrant journeys into the U.S..

Trump’s speech echoes the words of Vice President JD Vance last February in Munich, when he said the greatest threat facing the European democracies was not from Russia and China, but “from within”. Vance had added that the European Union “commissars” were suppressing free speech, had blamed the continent for mass migration, and had accused its leaders of retreating from “some of its most fundamental values”.

Climate Policy Rejection

Today at the United Nations, the U.S. President Trump dismissed climate change concerns as “a con job” and “the greatest con ever perpetrated on the world,” attacking green energy initiatives and renewable sources like wind power as “pathetic” and harmful to Western economies. Trump urged other countries to move away from green energy and similar climate policies, insisting that adherence to these agendas would lead to national failure. He claimed that carbon footprint concerns were a “hoax,” and called out China for producing more CO2 than any other developed nation.

Criticism of the United Nations

Trump questioned the relevance and effectiveness of the UN, saying that it failed to aid him in addressing major conflicts and only produced “empty words” instead of meaningful solutions. He took aim at the organization and its priorities, associating its migration and climate focus with deepening global instability.

Broader Position

Trump’s speech was notable for its bluntness and combative tone, as he condemned both globalism and multilateralism, promoting instead the sovereignty of nations to set their own borders and energy policies. Trump claimed to have ended seven wars, while “the UN have a bad escalator and a bad prompter.” The international response in the General Assembly was mostly silence, contrasting with the laughter and disbelief that greeted his earlier speeches in 2016-2020.

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