How Trump's speech to the UN landed, as a high level week gets underway

By Michele Kelemen

Published September 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM PDT

We look at how President Trump's speech to the U.N. General Assembly landed Tuesday as a week of high-level events gets underway.

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Michele Kelemen

Michele Kelemen has been with NPR for two decades, starting as NPR's Moscow bureau chief and now covering the State Department and Washington's diplomatic corps. Her reports can be heard on all NPR News programs, including Morning Edition and All Things Considered.

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