Europe22 September, 20263 min read
Pedro Sánchez Says Donald Trump’s UN General Assembly Speech Is Not Backed By Facts And Data
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Sánchez called Trump's UN speech very ideological and not backed by facts and data. He questioned climate-change warnings and the threat to annihilate Iran.
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Sánchez vs Trump
Pedro Sánchez told Jon Stewart on The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart that Donald Trump’s UN General Assembly speech was "very ideological" and "not backed by facts and data." Sánchez criticized Trump’s positions on climate change, the war with Iran, and the Middle East, and he said Trump’s theses were "not, shall we say, broadly backed by many countries around the world." Sánchez also said he had not had a private meeting with Trump, but he said that when they crossed paths in international forums Trump showed the same way of expressing his ideas. António Guterres placed the climate crisis among major current global challenges and said it had shifted from a distant warning to a daily reality, while Trump questioned warnings about global warming and claimed those who warned had predicted that "we would all die in 12 years." Sánchez’s remarks came as he was in New York for the 81st United Nations General Assembly, whose general debate began this Tuesday and will run until September 28.
Iran talks and Rubio
Masoud Pezeshkian presented Iran as a "victim of terrorism" at the UN General Assembly and said Iran will not bow in the war it wages against the U.S., while he added that he trusts diplomacy will lead to peace. A high-ranking Iranian official cited by Reuters confirmed negotiations between Iran and the U.S. focused on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and lifting the blockade of Iranian ports, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed the contacts without a "great breakthrough." Rubio said the Trump administration remains willing to negotiate with Iran despite not achieving big advances, and he said, "I don’t want to present this as a big breakthrough." Sánchez’s critique of Trump’s speech centered on the basis of some positions presented before the United Nations, and Sánchez said Trump’s positions "are not, let’s say, widely supported by many countries around the world." The Spanish prime minister also said Trump threatened to "annihilate" Iran if no peace agreement is reached, and the Spanish government framed Sánchez’s absence from a reception offered by Trump as due to scheduling reasons.
Europe and multilateralism
António Guterres and Pedro Sánchez discussed in New York the evolution of regional developments, including the situation in the Middle East, during a meeting held within the framework of the United Nations General Assembly’s high-level week. The UN Secretary-General highlighted the “excellent cooperation” between the United Nations and Spain and thanked Sánchez for his Government’s commitment to strengthening multilateralism, according to a United Nations press release about the meeting held on Monday, September 21. Sánchez also publicly defended multilateralism while criticizing Trump’s UN speech, and he praised Guterres for preserving the UN’s role at a time of questions about multilateral institutions. The Spanish prime minister’s UN-week diplomacy included meetings and diplomatic conversations during his stay in New York, and he met with the UN secretary-general after the general debate began this Tuesday and ran until September 28. In parallel, the Spanish government leader’s stance on multilateral frameworks extended to artificial intelligence and climate change, with Guterres calling for greater international cooperation to address both global warming and other shared challenges.