Trump tells assembly "America is back," lists security and economic achievements

President Donald Trump addressed the assembly, opening with a pledge that "America is back and our country is stronger today than ever before," and framed the speech around U.S. economic and military resurgence. He cited what he described as major domestic gains—"more than 1 million new private sector jobs," poverty reductions and an average real household income of "$87,000 on average"—and tied those claims to tax cuts and deregulation enacted by his administration.

Trump also used the address to outline international priorities and critiques, calling Iran "the number one sponsor of terror," praising a broad U.N. resolution condemning attacks on shipping, and asserting sweeping actions in Venezuela and Greenland that he said strengthened U.S. strategic position. He criticized international bodies including the International Criminal Court and UNESCO and proposed renaming "artificial intelligence" as "super intelligence," saying the United States "leads the world in super intelligence."