Donald Trump labelled the country an “absolutely failed state”.
Members of the Cuban delegation walked out during Donald Trump’s speech at the UN General Assembly today, as he labelled the island nation a “failed state”. During his address, the 80-year-old US leader said Cuba “will fall”, seemingly prompting the Cuban delegation to walk out of the conference hall.
During his remarks, Trump told the UN General Assembly his administration is seeking “a fundamental change” in the island nation, labelling it an “absolutely failed state” as he continues its pressure campaign against the country’s economy. “It’s failing like never before, and it will fall,” he added.
Donald Trump hit out at Cuba during his speech (Image: Getty)
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Cuba’s delegation walked out of Trump’s speech at the UN General Assembly (Image: Sky News)
Trump said the US secretary of state Marco Rubio, who is of Cuban descent, is “deep into negotiations” with Cuba, before insisting Washington will “not allow a haven for foreign adversaries to threaten America on our own doorstep”.
As the US President was speaking about the nation, members of the Cuban delegation could be seen leaving the room.
The US President also used his UN General Assembly speech to defend the war with Iran, prompting all but one members of Tehran’s delegation to walk out.
He said he had a big decision to make on whether to “annihilate” Iran or make a deal with them “that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before?”
Trump added: “Do I drive them into hell with no chance of survival and no hope of future greatness or generations? But I believe we’ll make a deal right after the election.”
Donald Trump addressed the room full of world leaders today (Image: Getty)
As he addressed the room full of world leaders Trump emphasised his “unwavering” commitment to not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon.
He then called on countries to join the US in its pressure campaign against Iran. “We will get it done, one way or another,” he added.
Trump then went on to say that he wants to rename AI as “super intelligence”, he said this is better and more accurate name and joked about how much “power” he has to rename the technology.
“From this point forward all of the United States documents and hopefully the world’s will be changed to use the much more accurate term super as opposed to artifcial,” Trump said.
GB News star staggered as guest demands Britain be sued for slavery: ‘Insane!’
Patrick Christys lost it during a clash with an anti-racism activist.
Patrick Christys lost it on GB News (Image: GB News)
GB News star Patrick Christys was left staggered as he interviewed anti-racism activist Imran Ayton, who insisted people from the Caribbean and Africa should be paid reparations for slavery from Brits. In a painful clash on the news channel, Christys argued that his family heritage as peasants and farmers should mean he is exempt from responsibility – which Ayton disagreed with.
Dismissing white people and GB News stars as “you lot”, she fumed: “You lot like to talk about benefits – we’ve all been lied to. You talk about education; well, West Africa already had education, studied mathematics, astronomy, medicine, law, logic, philosophy, engineering, technology, 400 years before British invasion. That also adds to democracy and law, you lot like to throw that at Black people.”
Later in the conversation, Christys pointed to his own family history and argued: “You were saying there that I’ve done all of this – I haven’t done anything! None of my family have done anything! There are people in Britain right now that have not done absolutely anything for any of this stuff!
“And yet what’s going on in Caribbean schools, and you’ve just done it here, you’re teaching them that people like me and people who look like me have done all this horrendous stuff to you, when we haven’t at all!”
Ayton responded: “Britain generated wealth. Every type of industry – every organisation and institution during that time benefitted.
The pair clashed live on air (Image: GB News)
“Regions such as Liverpool, Manchester, Bristol, Yorkshire, benefitted. And industries such as finance and insurance and shipping imports and textiles, all of those jobs all benefitted. Then that wealth was trickled down. It carried on over the years, and people got to benefit.
“To this day, people that are rich, people who are loving Liverpool and London and Bristol and Yorkshire, it’s all to do with slavery!”
Responding to his claims about family history, she insisted if Christys went far back enough he would discover he was “African” – leading him to demand reparations for himself, asking: “How much am I getting, if I’m African?”