John R. Houk
© September 21, 2017
Posted by The Telegraph
Published on Sep 19, 2017
On Monday, President Donald Trump gave one of the best
speeches at the United Nations I have ever heard from an American since
President Reagan. President Trump verbally spanked North Korea, Iran, the UN
over sovereignty issues and members paying their fair share, Radical Islamic
terrorism, the Maduro Socialist dictatorship in Venezuela, spanked Cuba over
its Marxist dictatorship, International Multi-national trade agreements that
place an undue financial burden on American taxpayers and in relation to those
Multi-national deals, the President spanked unaccountable globalist
bureaucracies that impose rules/laws that sovereign nation legislatures have
not agreed to.
I felt like I was watching football team score touchdown
after touchdown. I cheered and shouted throughout the roughly 40-minute speech.
Unsurprisingly, the Leftist Mainstream Media (MSM) acted as
the opposing football team going hysterical with each point scored by Trump.
Especially the President’s classic branding acumen
in giving Kim Jong-un a new nickname: ROCKET MAN. I know of the
ballistic Leftist MSM reaction not by observation but thanks to Fox News
exposing Leftist propaganda of their competitors. I saw a clip on Fox News
of George Stephanopoulos berating UN Ambassador Nikki Haley over the Rocket Man
branding. Here’s the quote I heard from Ambassador Haley defending the NoKo
branding to Stephanopoulos that I found on Business Insider:
"I was talking to a
president of an African country, and he actually cited 'Rocket Man' back
to me. So, I will tell you that look — this is a way of getting people to talk
about him, but every other international community is referring to him as
Rocket Man."
Here’s a little Rocket Man fun that the American Left and
Kim Jong-un will not appreciate – eh, so what.
Posted by Kenneth Webster
Published on Sep 20, 2017
Below is the entire Trump/UN speech courtesy of Global News on Youtube and
below that is President Trump’s speech transcript at Breaking Christian News (BCN) but borrowed from the Leftist
Vox news.
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PRESIDENT TRUMP'S HISTORIC
FIRST SPEECH TO THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY (FULL TRANSCRIPT
AND VIDEO)
Transcript of Donald J
Trump
Sep 19, 2017
Transcript from Vox.com
In remembering the
great victory that led to this body's founding, we must never forget that those
heroes who fought against evil, also fought for the nations that they love.
Patriotism led the Poles to die to save Poland, the French to fight for a free
France, and the Brits to stand strong for Britain. Today, if we do not invest
ourselves, our hearts, our minds, and our nations, if we will not build strong
families, safe communities, and healthy societies for ourselves, no one can do
it for us.
This transcript is
provided by Vox.com; you can also watch
President Trump's speech via YouTube, here. (Screengrab: YouTube/via Global News)
Mr. Secretary General, Mr.
President, world leaders, and distinguished delegates, welcome to New York. It
is a profound honor to stand here in my home city as a representative of the
American people to address the people of the world. As millions of our citizens
continue to suffer the effects of the devastating hurricanes that have struck
our country, I want to begin by expressing my appreciation to every leader in
this room who has offered assistance and aid. The American people are strong
and resilient, and they will emerge from these hardships more determined than
ever before.
Fortunately, the United
States has done very well since Election Day last November 8. The stock market
is at an all-time high, a record. Unemployment is at its lowest level in 16
years, and because of our regulatory and other reforms, we have more people
working in the United States today than ever before. Companies are moving back,
creating job growth, the likes of which our country has not seen in a very long
time, and it has just been announced that we will be spending almost $700
billion on our military and defense. Our military will soon be the strongest it
has ever been. For more than 70 years, in times of war and peace, the leaders
of nations, movements, and religions have stood before this assembly.
Like them, I intend to
address some of the very serious threats before us today, but also the enormous
potential waiting to be unleashed. We live in a time of extraordinary opportunity.
Breakthroughs in science, technology, and medicine are curing illnesses and solving problems that prior generations thought impossible to solve. But each day also brings news of growing dangers that threaten everything we cherish and value. Terrorists and extremists have gathered strength and spread to every region of the planet. Rogue regimes represented in this body not only support terror but threaten other nations and their own people with the most destructive weapons known to humanity.
Authority and authoritarian
powers seek to collapse the values, the systems, and alliances, that prevented
conflict and tilted the world toward freedom since World War II. International
criminal networks traffic drugs, weapons, people, force dislocation and mass migration,
threaten our borders and new forms of aggression exploit technology to menace
our citizens. To put it simply, we meet at a time of both immense promise and
great peril. It is entirely up to us whether we lift the world to new heights
or let it fall into a valley of disrepair. We have it in our power, should we
so choose, to lift millions from poverty, to help our citizens realize their
dreams, and to ensure that new generations of children are raised free from
violence, hatred, and fear.
This institution was founded
in the aftermath of two world wars, to help shape this better future. It was
based on the vision that diverse nations could cooperate to protect their
sovereignty, preserve their security, and promote their prosperity. It was in
the same period exactly 70 years ago that the United States developed the
Marshall Plan to help restore Europe. Those beautiful pillars, they are pillars
of peace, sovereignty, security, and prosperity. The Marshall Plan was built on
the noble idea that the whole world is safer when nations are strong,
independent, and free. As president, Truman said in his message to congress at
that time, our support of European recovery is in full accord with our support
of the United Nations.
The success of the United
Nations depends upon the independent strength of its members. To overcome the
perils of the present, and to achieve the promise of the future, we must begin
with the wisdom of the past. Our success depends on a coalition of strong and
independent nations that embrace their sovereignty, to promote security,
prosperity, and peace, for themselves and for the world. We do not expect
diverse countries to share the same cultures, traditions, or even systems of
government, but we do expect all nations to uphold these two core sovereign
duties, to respect the interests of their own people and the rights of every
other sovereign nation.
This is the beautiful vision
of this institution, and this is the foundation for cooperation and success.
Strong sovereign nations let diverse countries with different values, different
cultures, and different dreams not just coexist, but work side by side on the
basis of mutual respect. Strong sovereign nations let their people take
ownership of the future and control their own destiny. And strong sovereign
nations allow individuals to flourish in the fullness of the life intended by
God. In America, we do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone, but rather
to let it shine as an example for everyone to watch.
This week gives our country a
special reason to take pride in that example. We are celebrating the 230th
anniversary of our beloved Constitution, the oldest constitution still in use
in the world today. This timeless document has been the foundation of peace,
prosperity, and freedom for the Americans and for countless millions around the
globe whose own countries have found inspiration in its respect for human
nature, human dignity, and the rule of law. The greatest in the united States
Constitution is its first three beautiful words. They are "We the
people." Generations of Americans have sacrificed to maintain the promise
of those words, the promise of our country and of our great history.
In America, the people
govern, the people rule, and the people are sovereign. I was elected not to
take power, but to give power to the American people where it belongs. In
foreign affairs, we are renewing this founding principle of sovereignty. Our
government's first duty is to its people, to our citizens, to serve their
needs, to ensure their safety, to preserve their rights, and to defend their
values. As president of the United States, I will always put America first.
Just like you, as the leaders of your countries, will always and should always
put your countries first.
All responsible leaders have
an obligation to serve their own citizens, and the nation state remains the
best vehicle for elevating the human condition. But making a better life for
our people also requires us to work together in close harmony and unity, to
create a more safe and peaceful future for all people.
The United States will
forever be a great friend to the world and especially to its allies. But we can
no longer be taken advantage of or enter into a one-sided deal where the United
States gets nothing in return. As long as I hold this office, I will defend
America's interests above all else, but in fulfilling our obligations to our
nations, we also realize that it's in everyone's interests to seek the future
where all nations can be sovereign, prosperous, and secure.
America does more than speak
for the values expressed in the United Nations charter. Our citizens have paid
the ultimate price to defend our freedom and the freedom of many nations
represented in this great hall. America's devotion is measured on the
battlefields where our young men and women have fought and sacrificed alongside
of our allies. From the beaches of Europe to the deserts of the Middle East to
the jungles of Asia, it is an eternal credit to the American character that
even after we and our allies emerge victorious from the bloodiest war in
history, we did not seek territorial expansion or attempt to oppose and impose
our way of life on others. Instead, we helped build institutions such as this
one to defend the sovereignty, security, and prosperity for all. For the
diverse nations of the world, this is our hope.
We want harmony and
friendship, not conflict and strife. We are guided by outcomes, not ideologies.
We have a policy of principled realism, rooted in shared goals, interests, and
values. That realism forces us to confront the question facing every leader and
nation in this room, it is a question we cannot escape or avoid. We will slide
down the path of complacency, numb to the challenges, threats, and even wars
that we face, or do we have enough strength and pride to confront those dangers
today so that our citizens can enjoy peace and prosperity tomorrow.
If we desire to lift up our
citizens, if we aspire to the approval of history, then we must fulfill our
sovereign duties to the people we faithfully represent. We must protect our
nations, their interests and their futures. We must reject threats to
sovereignty from the Ukraine to the South China Sea. We must uphold respect for
law, respect for borders, and respect for culture, and the peaceful engagement
these allow.
And just as the founders of
this body intended, we must work together and confront together those who
threaten us with chaos, turmoil, and terror. The scourge of our planet today
are small regimes that violate every principle [on which] the United Nations is
based. They respect neither their own citizens nor the sovereign rights of
their countries. If the righteous many do not confront the wicked few, then
evil will triumph. When decent people and nations become bystanders to history,
the forces of destruction only gather power and strength.
No one has shown more
contempt for other nations and for the well-being of their own people than the
depraved regime in North Korea. It is responsible for the starvation deaths of
millions of North Koreans. And for the imprisonment, torture, killing, and
oppression of countless more. We were all witness to the regime's deadly abuse
when an innocent American college student, Otto Warmbier, was returned to
America, only to die a few days later.
We saw it in the
assassination of the dictator's brother, using banned nerve agents in an
international airport. We know it kidnapped a sweet 13-year-old Japanese girl
from a beach in her own country, to enslave her as a language tutor for North
Korea's spies. If this is not twisted enough, now North Korea's reckless
pursuit of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles threatens the entire world
with unthinkable loss of human life. It is an outrage that some nations would
not only trade with such a regime, but would arm, supply, and financially
support a country that imperils the world with nuclear conflict.
No nation on Earth has an
interest in seeing this band of criminals arm itself with nuclear weapons and
missiles. The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is
forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally
destroy North Korea. Rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his
regime. The United States is ready, willing, and able, but hopefully this will
not be necessary. That's what the United Nations is all about. That's what the
United Nations is for. Let's see how they do.
It is time for North Korea to
realize that the denuclearization is its only acceptable future. The United
Nations Security Council recently held two unanimous 15-0 votes adopting
hard-hitting resolutions against North Korea, and I want to thank China and
Russia for joining the vote to impose sanctions, along with all of the other
members of the Security Council. Thank you to all involved. But we must do much
more.
It is time for all nations to
work together to isolate the Kim regime until it ceases its hostile behavior.
We face this decision not only in North Korea; it is far past time for the
nations of the world to confront another reckless regime, one that speaks
openly of mass murder, vowing death to America, destruction to Israel, and ruin
for many leaders and nations in this room.
The Iranian government masks
a corrupt dictatorship behind the false guise of a democracy. It has turned a
wealthy country, with a rich history and culture, into an economically depleted
rogue state whose chief exports are violence, bloodshed, and chaos. The
longest-suffering victims of Iran's leaders are, in fact, its own people.
Rather than use its resources to improve Iranian live, its oil profits go to
fund Hezbollah and other terrorists that kill innocent Muslims and attack their
peaceful Arab and Israeli neighbors.
This wealth, which rightly
belongs to Iran's people, also goes to shore up Bashar al-Assad's dictatorship,
fuel Yemen's civil war, and undermine peace throughout the entire Middle East.
We cannot let a murderous regime continue these destabilizing activities while
building dangerous missiles, and we cannot abide by an agreement if it provides
cover for the eventual construction of a nuclear program. The Iran deal was one
of the worst and most one-sided transactions the United States has ever entered
into. Frankly, that deal is an embarrassment to the United States, and I don't
think you've heard the last of it. Believe me.
It is time for the entire
world to join us in demanding that Iran's government end its pursuit of death
and destruction. It is time for the regime to free all Americans and citizens
of other nations that they have unjustly detained. Above all, Iran's government
must stop supporting terrorists, begin serving its own people, and respect the
sovereign rights of its neighbors. The entire world understands that the good
people of Iran want change, and, other than the vast military power of the
United States, that Iran's people are what their leaders fear the most. This is
what causes the regime to restrict internet access, tear down satellite dishes,
shoot unarmed student protesters, and imprison political reformers.
Oppressive regimes cannot
endure forever, and the day will come when the people will face a choice. Will
they continue down the path of poverty, bloodshed, and terror, or will the
Iranian people return to the nation's proud roots as a center of civilization,
culture, and wealth, where their people can be happy and prosperous once again?
The Iranian regime's support for terror is in stark contrast to the recent
commitments of many of its neighbors to fight terrorism and halt its finance,
and in Saudi Arabia early last year, I was greatly honored to address the
leaders of more than 50 Arab and Muslim nations. We agreed that all responsible
nations must work together to confront terrorists and the Islamic extremism
that inspires them.
We will stop radical islamic
terrorism because we cannot allow it to tear up our nation and, indeed, to tear
up the entire world. We must deny the terrorists' safe haven, transit, funding,
and any form of support for their vile and sinister ideology. We must drive
them out of our nation. It is time to expose and hold responsible those
countries ... who support and finance terror groups like al-Qaeda, Hezbollah,
the Taliban, and others that slaughter innocent people.
The United States and our
allies are working together throughout the Middle East to crush the loser
terrorists and stop the reemergence of safe havens they use to launch attacks
on all of our people. Last month I announced a new strategy for victory in the
fight against this evil in Afghanistan. From now on, our security interests will
dictate the length and scope of military operation, not arbitrary benchmarks
and timetables set up by politicians. I have also totally changed the rules of
engagement in our fight against the Taliban and other terrorist groups.
In Syria and Iraq, we have
made big gains toward lasting defeat of ISIS. In fact, our country has achieved
more against ISIS in the last eight months than it has in many, many years
combined. We seek the deescalation of the Syrian conflict, and a political
solution that honors the will of the Syrian people. The actions of the criminal
regime of Bashar al-Assad, including the use of chemical weapons against his
own citizens, even innocent children, shock the conscience of every decent
person. No society could be safe if banned chemical weapons are allowed to
spread. That is why the United States carried out a missile strike on the
airbase that launched the attack.
We appreciate the efforts of
the United Nations' agencies that are providing vital humanitarian assistance
in areas liberated from ISIS, and we especially thank Jordan, Turkey, and
Lebanon for their role in hosting refugees from the Syrian conflict. The United
States is a compassionate nation and has spent billions and billions of dollars
in helping to support this effort. We seek an approach to refugee resettlement
that is designed to help these horribly treated people and which enables their
eventual return to their home countries to be part of the rebuilding process.
For the cost of resettling one refugee in the United States, we can assist more
than 10 in their home region.
Out of the goodness of our hearts, we offer financial assistance to hosting countries in the region and we support recent agreements of the G20 nations that will seek to host refugees as close to their home countries as possible. This is the safe, responsible, and humanitarian approach. For decades the United States has dealt with migration challenges here in the Western Hemisphere.
We have learned that over the
long term, uncontrolled migration is deeply unfair to both the sending and the
receiving countries. For the sending countries, it reduces domestic pressure to
pursue needed political and economic reform and drains them of the human
capital necessary to motivate and implement those reforms. For the receiving
countries, the substantial costs of uncontrolled migration are born
overwhelmingly by low-income citizens whose concerns are often ignored by both
media and government.
I want to salute the work of
the United Nations in seeking to address the problems that cause people to flee
from their home. The United Nations and African Union led peacekeeping missions
to have invaluable contributions in stabilizing conflict in Africa. The United
States continues to lead the world in humanitarian assistance, including famine
prevention and relief, in South Sudan, Somalia, and northern Nigeria and Yemen.
We have invested in better
health and opportunity all over the world through programs like PEPFAR, which
funds AIDS relief, the President's Malaria Initiative, the Global Health
Security Agenda, the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery, and the Women
Entrepreneur's Finance Initiative, part of our commitment to empowering women
all across the globe.
We also thank—we also thank
the secretary general for recognizing that the United Nations must reform if it
is to be an effective partner in confronting threats to sovereignty, security,
and prosperity. Too often the focus of this organization has not been on
results, but on bureaucracy and process. In some cases, states that seek to
subvert this institution's noble end have hijacked the very systems that are
supposed to advance them. For example, it is a massive source of embarrassment
to the United Nations that some governments with egregious human rights records
sit on the UN Human Rights Council.
The United States is one out
of 193 countries in the United Nations, and yet we pay 22 percent of the entire
budget and more. In fact, we pay far more than anybody realizes. The United
States bears an unfair cost burden, but to be fair, if it could actually
accomplish all of its stated goals, especially the goal of peace, this
investment would easily be well worth it. Major portions of the world are in
conflict, and some, in fact, are going to Hell, but the powerful people in this
room, under the guidance and auspices of the United Nations, can solve many of
these vicious and complex problems. The American people hope that one day soon
the United Nations can be a much more accountable and effective advocate for
human dignity and freedom around the world.
In the meantime, we believe
that no nation should have to bear a disproportionate share of the burden,
militarily or financially. Nations of the world must take a greater role in
promoting secure and prosperous societies in their own region. That is why in
the Western Hemisphere the United States has stood against the corrupt,
destabilizing regime in Cuba and embraced the enduring dream of the Cuban
people to live in freedom. (Screengrab: YouTube/via Global News)
My administration recently
announced that we will not lift sanctions on the Cuban government until it
makes fundamental reforms. We have also imposed tough calibrated sanctions on
the socialist Maduro regime in Venezuela, which has brought a once thriving
nation to the brink of total collapse. The socialist dictatorship of Nicolás
Maduro has inflicted terrible pain and suffering on the good people of that
country.
This corrupt regime destroyed
a prosperous nation—prosperous nation, by imposing a failed ideology that has
produced poverty and misery everywhere it has been tried. To make matters
worse, Maduro has defied his own people, stealing power from their elected
representatives, to preserve his disastrous rule. The Venezuelan people are
starving, and their country is collapsing. Their democratic institutions are
being destroyed. The situation is completely unacceptable, and we cannot stand
by and watch.
As a responsible neighbor and
friend, we and all others have a goal—that goal is to help them regain their
freedom, recover their country, and restore their democracy. I would like to
thank leaders in this room for condemning the regime and providing vital support
to the Venezuelan people. The United States has taken important steps to hold
the regime accountable. We are prepared to take further action if the
government of Venezuela persists on its path to impose authoritarian rule on
the Venezuelan people.
We are fortunate to have
incredibly strong and healthy trade relationships with many of the Latin
American countries gathered here today. Our economic bond forms a critical
foundation for advancing peace and prosperity for all of our people and all of
our neighbors. I ask every country represented here today to be prepared to do
more to address this very real crisis. We call for the full restoration of
democracy and political freedoms in Venezuela. The problem in Venezuela is not
that socialism has been poorly implemented, but that socialism has been
faithfully implemented.
From the Soviet Union to Cuba
to Venezuela, wherever true socialism or communism has been adopted, it has
delivered anguish and devastation and failure. Those who preach the tenets of
these discredited ideologies only contribute to the continued suffering of the
people who live under these cruel systems. America stands with every person
living under a brutal regime. Our respect for sovereignty is also a call for
action. All people deserve a government that cares for their safety, their
interests, and their well-being, including their prosperity. In America, we
seek stronger ties of business and trade with all nations of goodwill, but this
trade must be fair and it must be reciprocal.
For too long the American
people were told that mammoth, multinational trade deals, unaccountable
international tribunals, and powerful global bureaucracies were the best way to
promote their success. But as those promises flowed, millions of jobs vanished
and thousands of factories disappeared. Others gamed the system and broke the
rules, and our great middle class, once the bedrock of American prosperity, was
forgotten and left behind, but they are forgotten no more and they will never
be forgotten again.
While America will pursue
cooperation and commerce with other nations, we are renewing our commitment to
the first duty of every government, the duty of our citizens. This bond is the
source of America's strength and that of every responsible nation represented
here today. If this organization is to have any hope of successfully
confronting the challenges before us, it will depend, as President Truman said
some 70 years ago, on the independent strength of its members. If we are to
embrace the opportunities of the future and overcome the present dangers
together, there can be no substantive for strong, sovereign, and independent
nations, nations that are rooted in the histories and invested in their
destiny, nations that seek allies to befriend, not enemies to conquer, and most
important of all, nations that are home to men and women who are willing to
sacrifice for their countries, their fellow citizens, and for all that is best
in the human spirit.
In remembering the great
victory that led to this body's founding, we must never forget that those
heroes who fought against evil, also fought for the nations that they love.
Patriotism led the Poles to die to save Poland, the French to fight for a free
France, and the Brits to stand strong for Britain. Today, if we do not invest
ourselves, our hearts, our minds, and our nations, if we will not build strong
families, safe communities, and healthy societies for ourselves, no one can do
it for us.
This is the ancient wish of
every people and the deepest yearning that lives inside every sacred soul. So
let this be our mission, and let this be our message to the world. We will
fight together, sacrifice together, and stand together for peace, for freedom,
for justice, for family, for humanity, and for the almighty God who made us all.
Thank you, God bless you, God bless the nations of the world, and God bless the
United States of America. Thank you very much.
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Rocket Man Verbally Spanked at UN
John R. Houk
© September 21, 2017
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PRESIDENT TRUMP'S HISTORIC FIRST SPEECH TO THE UNITED NATIONS
GENERAL ASSEMBLY (FULL TRANSCRIPT AND VIDEO)
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