President Donald Trump is ready to go to the U.N. Normal Meeting subsequent week, the place he’ll tackle the worldwide group and meet with world leaders, in response to U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz.
Trump will tackle the meeting on Tuesday after which have conferences with world leaders, Waltz stated. Most notably, the president will meet face-to-face with Venezuela’s interim chief Delcy Rodriguez in a pull-aside assembly.
Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez is seen at a press convention on the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas on Jan. 14, 2026, and President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Power One on Jan. 11, 2026.
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It will likely be the primary time that the leaders will meet for the reason that U.S. operation in Venezuela that captured then-President Nicolas Maduro earlier this 12 months. It additionally comes weeks after Trump announced that the U.S. and Venezuela reached a deal that he stated would give the U.S. majority management of billions of barrels of oil reserves within the Caribbean nation.
Different leaders Trump will meet with embrace United Kingdom Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, and, in a multilateral assembly, the leaders of Gulf nations together with Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, in response to Waltz.
On Trump’s assembly with the Gulf leaders, a senior administration official instructed reporters that the president will hear considerations from Gulf nations concerning the Iran conflict straight.
“In a method or one other, we anticipate the Iranian regime to desert its pursuit of a nuclear weapon, so I believe simply persevering with to have that engagement and that diplomacy with our Gulf companions in that assembly shall be extremely vital,” the senior administration official stated. “But additionally, as you all know, the president really values listening to from them and listening to their considerations. His engagement with them is ongoing and vital, however listening to from them as a gaggle shall be extremely vital.”
The official stated Iran could be a “key subject” in Trump’s conversations on the Normal Meeting.
President Donald Trump addresses the eightieth United Nations Normal Meeting at U.N. headquarters in New York Metropolis, Sept. 23, 2025.
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Trump’s tackle to the U.N. on Tuesday will spotlight how his administration has “confronted complicated issues head-on,” Waltz stated.
“We anticipate the president will spotlight how he has, in his administration … confronted complicated issues head-on all over the world, most of the peace offers that he has pushed to conclusion or is within the technique of driving to conclusion,” Waltz instructed reporters.
“He’ll contact on the significance of making certain that Iran by no means has a nuclear weapon, which isn’t solely demanded by america, has been demanded by the U.N. Safety Council and repeated resolutions, and he’ll discuss a few of the United States’ accomplishments in over the previous 12 months, for the reason that final time he was right here, together with within the Western Hemisphere, progress on the president’s 20-point peace plan in Gaza, and extra,” Waltz added.
Throughout his hourlong address at the General Assembly final 12 months, Trump lambasted the leaders gathered within the convention corridor, saying, “Your nations are going to hell,” whereas touting the work of his administration.
The president additionally accused the U.N. of not dwelling as much as its promise.
“What’s the function of the United Nations?” Trump requested. “It has such super, super potential. But it surely’s not even coming near dwelling as much as that potential.”
