--- title: Here Are the Things Trump Criticized in His U.N. Speech description: President Trump delivered a speech to the United Nations on Tuesday. Here are some of the countries and institutions that Trump criticized canonical: https://time.com/5406000/donald-trump-united-nations-speech-criticism/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-25T19:05:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T21:32:26.838Z article:section: Politics og:title: Here Are the Things President Trump Criticized in His United Nations Speech og:description: The list includes trade deals, Iran and the International Criminal Court og:url: https://time.com/5406000/donald-trump-united-nations-speech-criticism/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb153a5b38e530fc0/69893b130a4a22ac799d3cbe/donald-trump-united-nations-criticized.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 73rd Session Of The UN General Assembly og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here Are the Things President Trump Criticized in His United Nations Speech twitter:description: The list includes trade deals, Iran and the International Criminal Court twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb153a5b38e530fc0/69893b130a4a22ac799d3cbe/donald-trump-united-nations-criticized.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here Are the Things President Trump Criticized in His United Nations Speech  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Sep 25, 2018 7:05 PM UTC  President Donald Trump delivers a speech during the 73rd session of United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Sept. 25, 2018. President Donald Trump delivers a speech during the 73rd session of United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Sept. 25, 2018.Atilgan Ozdil—Anadolu Agency/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Sep 25, 2018 7:05 PM UTC President Donald Trump delivered a speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday in which he [touted his Administration’s accomplishments](http://time.com/5405800/donald-trump-united-nations-speech-laughter/), spoke about the importance of American sovereignty and patriotism, and criticized “the ideology of globalism,” among many other things. “America is governed by Americans. We reject the ideology of globalism, and we embrace the doctrine of patriotism,” Trump said. “Around the world, responsible nations must defend against threats to sovereignty not just from global governance, but also from other, new forms of coercion and domination.” Here are the countries, institutions and concepts that Trump criticized during his speech: ## Global governance --- > “” --- ## Islamic State (ISIS) --- > “” --- ## Syrian President Bashar al-Assad --- > “” --- ## Iran --- > “” --- ## The Iran Nuclear Deal --- > “” --- ## ‘So-called experts’ --- > “” --- ## ‘Bad trade deals’ --- > “” --- ## China --- > “” --- ## The U.N. Human Rights Council --- > “” --- ## The International Criminal Court (ICC) --- > “” --- ## The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) --- > “” --- ## Illegal immigration and ‘uncontrolled migration’ --- > “” --- ## The Global Compact for Migration --- > “” --- ## Venezuela --- > “” --- ## Socialism --- > “” --- Here Are the Things Trump Criticized in His U.N. 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