Trump Gives It to the United Nations

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

News Commentary, Politics, News

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🗓️ 25 September 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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We're back from Rosh Hashanah to sing the glories of Donald Trump's controversial United Nations speech, which is only controversial because he isn't saying what the elites want him to say. And we try to make sense out of what seems like a huge shift on Trump's part in the direction of supporting Ukraine. Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.4	I'm John Pudhor. It's the editor of Commentary Magazine with me, as always, executive editor.
1:05.0	A. Greenwald. Hi, Abe. Hi, John.
1:07.2	Washington Commentary columnist Matthew Donneddy. Hi, Matt.
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1:30.4	And social commentary columnist Christine Rosen. Hi,etti. Hi, Matt. Hi, John. And social commentary columnist Christine Rosen. Hi, Christine. Hi, John. So in the world in which half of intellectual elite opinion goes one way and half goes the other, Donald Trump went before the UN on Tuesday morning and gave a speech that was either the most embarrassing speech ever delivered by an American. We're ashamed,
1:36.7	we're a laughingstock, we're fools, we're idiots. Or from another perspective, it was absolutely
1:43.7	fantastic.
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