Trump to deliver tough talk on globalism at UNGA, touts return of American strength

President Donald Trump will use his address at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday to frame his second term as a period of 'return of American strength' and to deliver blunt talk about what a White House official described as the 'failures of globalism.' In a briefing provided to Fox News Digital, the official said the speech would emphasize renewed U.S. leadership on the world stage and highlight a record of pursuing peace and taking decisive action against narcotrafficking and other threats.

The president is scheduled to deliver his first UNGA address of the second term on Tuesday, just before 10 a.m. local time. The White House preview says Trump will highlight negotiated peace deals in multiple regions, including Armenia and Azerbaijan; Thailand and Cambodia; and Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, among others. He also will point to U.S. strikes against narcoterrorists linked to Venezuela.

In addition, officials note the speech will recount recent U.S. actions against Venezuelan narcotrafficking networks, including the destruction of a drug boat in the southern Caribbean that killed nearly a dozen alleged Tren de Aragua operatives. Last week, Trump announced a second kinetic strike against Venezuelan cartels. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking illicit narcotics and was transiting along a known narcotrafficking corridor en route to poison Americans, the president wrote on Truth Social.

Trump is also expected to spotlight 'Operation Midnight Hammer,' which officials say marked the largest B-2 operational strike in history and a decisive move against Iran's nuclear program in June. The operation disrupted facilities tied to Iran's nuclear ambitions, a set of targets the administration says were crucial to curbing a broader threat.

The White House official preview says Trump will emphasize work to 'deliver historic peace deals in decades-long conflicts' and will argue that proposals such as the global migration regime and energy and climate policies illustrate how globalist ideologies threaten successful nations. He is also expected to frame the United States as a guardian of Western civilization, even as he notes the need for pragmatic diplomacy on major flashpoints.

After the speech, the president is expected to hold meetings with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy; Argentine President Javier Milei; and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. He is also scheduled for a multilateral session with leaders from Qatar, Jordan, Turkey, Pakistan, Indonesia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.

The tone of the address, officials say, blends a message of American resilience with a blunt critique of globalist approaches they say have undermined national sovereignty and economic stability. The session at the U.N. comes as Trump seeks to position his foreign policy record — including peace deals and targeted strikes against narcotrafficking networks — as a centerpiece of his broader political argument about leadership and security. It remains to be seen how the UN community will receive the speech and whether the rhetoric will translate into concrete diplomatic outcomes in the days and weeks that follow.