President Donald Trump will address the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Tuesday at a contentious moment for international relations after France joined the U.K., Canada, Australia and Portugal in moving to recognize a Palestinian state in response to Israel’s actions in Gaza.
Trump will be returning to the U.N. for the first time since beginning his second term in January.
His speech will be among the most anticipated as America’s allies and adversaries wait to see what the president will say about ongoing efforts to end the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.
U.N. officials will also be holding their breath to see if more funding cuts from the U.S. – their largest donor – are on the horizon.
Trump and his allies spent the first few months in office slashing international aid spending and pulling back from international organizations like the World Health Organization and the Human Rights Council.
“There are great hopes for it, but it’s not being well run, to be honest,” the president told reporters last week as he prepared for his address to the General Assembly.
