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September 19 – September 25
It’s United Nations High-Level Week, where the United States is prioritizing three themes through our engagement: Peace, Sovereignty, and Liberty.
Here’s what happened this week:
- President Trump addressed the 80th U.N. General Assembly, underscoring U.S. leadership on energy, security, and peace.
- Secretary Rubio engaged with world leaders, advancing U.S. priorities and sharing our vision for America First foreign policy.
- President Trump met with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, and the U.S. reaffirmed its support for a peaceful end to the Russia-Ukraine war at the U.N. Security Council.
 President Trump delivers remarks to world leaders at the UN General Assembly on September 23. (© Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
President Trump delivered a powerful rebuke to the destructive globalism that has fueled endless conflict and chaos around the world. His remarks emphasized American strength while calling on nations to confront shared challenges like terrorism, unchecked migration, and biological warfare.
“America is blessed with the strongest economy, the strongest borders, the strongest military, the strongest friendships, and the strongest spirit of any nation on the face of the earth. This is indeed the Golden Age of America,” President Trump said. He also underscored his role in seven peace deals in just seven months, saying, “No President or Prime Minister — and for that matter, no other country — has ever done anything close to that.”
Secretary Rubio echoed the President’s message, stating, “Strong borders and energy dominance are what make America great. Every nation must stand against unmitigated immigration disasters and fake energy catastrophes.”
President Trump’s speech sets a clear path forward: a world where sovereign nations work together to confront the greatest threats of our time, while preserving their unique cultural identities and freedoms.
 Secretary Rubio meets with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and counterparts from Japan and the Republic of Korea in a trilateral meeting on September 22. (State Dept.)
While at the United Nations, Secretary Rubio met with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar to reiterate the critical importance of the U.S.-India relationship and with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić to discuss the upcoming U.S.-Serbia Strategic Dialogue.
The Secretary also participated in a trilateral meeting with his counterparts from Japan and the Republic of Korea. The three governments issued a joint statement underscoring their shared priorities on defense cooperation, deterrence, nonproliferation, and responding together to regional challenges.
While in New York, Secretary Rubio also sat down with ABC, Fox, CBS, and NBC to discuss the United States’ efforts to secure peace in Ukraine and Gaza, restructure U.S. assistance to be more effective, and challenge international institutions to deliver results.
“The UN has a lot of potential but it’s not living up to it right now,” Secretary Rubio told Fox and Friends.
 President Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the United Nations in New York City on September 23. (White House)
At the United Nations, the United States made its support for peace in Eastern Europe unambiguously clear.
President Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the United Nations. After the meeting, President Trump expressed his optimism that Ukraine could prevail and reclaim its lost territory.
“I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form,” the President said in a social media post.
Secretary Rubio also addressed the UN Security Council Ministerial Meeting on Ukraine.
Speaking to the permanent and rotation members of the security council, Secretary Rubio made it clear that President Trump is a President of Peace, highlighting his successful efforts to end conflicts in Southeast Asia, the Caucuses, and East Africa.
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