Donald Trump at United Nations: 5 key takeways from US President’s maiden speech

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday made his debut speech at the United Nations General Assembly. As the global leaders listened to the ‘most powerful man in the world’, it became clear what’s on Donald Trump’s mind.

In his 41-minute-long speech, the US President told the world that it won’t tolerate the ‘Rocket Man’.

While many are saying that it was a tough speech with very clear message, others say that it missed some key issues.

Here are 5 key takeaways from President Trump’s speech:

1: Stark warning to North Korea
The very fact that Donald Trump devoted a significant part of his speech to warn Kim Jong Un clearly means that Washington is in no mood to take Pyongyang lightly. The US President used ‘Rocket Man’, his way to address the North Korean leader, even as North Korean Ambassador to the UN, Ja Song Nam, left the hall prior to the Trump’s speech. With lines such as “if the righteous many don’t confront the wicked few, then evil will triumph,”; “threatens the entire world with unthinkable loss of life”and the final “will totally destroy North Korea”, Donald Trump has told the world that any single missile fired from North Korea in future would …read more