Trump uses UN address to threaten Iran and reject global AI oversight
The US president defended the war against Iran, urged countries to boycott the International Criminal Court and opposed international regulation of artificial intelligence.
US President Donald Trump used a 37-minute address to the UN General Assembly to defend the US-Israeli war against Iran and threaten either a deal with Tehran or the country’s “annihilation”.
Trump said he expected Iran to reach a deal after the US midterm elections in November, without providing details of any negotiations. His remarks came after a UN fact-finding mission reportedly found reasonable grounds to believe US forces committed war crimes in two strikes on Iran, a finding that was not a final judicial determination.
The president also rejected international supervision of artificial intelligence, describing it as a “globalist scheme”. He said the US government would use “super intelligence” instead of “artificial intelligence” in its communications, while more than 20 countries had called for binding safety measures for advanced AI. The US and China were not signatories.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for dialogue between Washington and Beijing on AI risks, arguing that governments with the greatest capabilities carried the greatest responsibility to establish transparency, trust and cooperation.
Trump urged countries to leave or boycott the International Criminal Court, predicted Cuba’s Communist government would soon “fall” and discussed a reported agreement with Denmark and Greenland under which the US would build two Arctic bases. The terms of that agreement require confirmation from Denmark and Greenland.
