Analyzing Donald Trump's Speech

On Tuesday, September 19th, President Donald Trump gave his first United Nations Speech. The article by The Washington Post addresses and extracts his main points of the night. First, it stresses Trump’s statement that the world faces “great peril” from rogue regimes with powerful weapons and expanding terrorists. He then encourages fellow leaders to help the U.S. defeat failed or murderous ideologies and “loser terrorists.” Embracing national sovereignty was Trump’s next point which according to the article, gained him criticism for being too isolationist and nationalistic. The President went on to warn North Korea and Iran for its threats and commended the UN for inducing economic sanctions or financial penalties on North Korea. He emphasized that …show more content…
Aside from the reckless and immature statements of ‘Rocket Boy’ and “totally destroying North Korea”, Trump’s arguments were of good reason. However, as President of the United States, more is expected on his behalf than to simply agree and disagree with how other nations are being run. In my opinion and as mentioned the article, in his speech, the President failed to discuss of foreign policies such as the temporary ban on immigration for Muslim nations and the infamous wall with Mexico. With the chance to express anything among all nations, from what I can gather, Trump lacked ambition. What I considered fair and agree with in his speech was the mentioning and disapproval of the terrorism taking place in the Middle East and the regime of Venezuela. I too feel that the world faces “great peril” but mostly as a result of his potential actions. In my opinion, I feel like he cut corners and agreed and disagreed with the obvious all while stirring the pot, creating tension with Asian countries. I’ll admit Trump was encouraging at moments, however, as President of the United States and not a professional motivational speaker, I expected