Trump threatens to ‘annihilate’ Iran in bombastic UN speech
Politics
September 22, 2026
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UNITED NATIONS (AFP)—United States (US) President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has to decide whether to make a deal with Iran or “annihilate” the country, in a bombastic speech to the United Nations that appeared tailored to war-weary American voters.
The 80-year-old president’s threat came amid repeated boasts that under him the United States is successfully confronting its adversaries and reshaping the world order to its own advantage.
“While others have spoken of peace, I have made peace. While others have ignored threats, I have confronted them,” Trump told the room full of world leaders at the UN General Assembly in New York.
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