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America first on the world stage.

Hello again, I'm Orman Alney, and this is To the Point.

In his first address to the UN General Assembly today, President Trump threatened to totally

destroy North Korea, calling Kim Jong-un rocket man on a suicide mission.

He told an audience of world leaders that Iran is a murderous regime and that the nuclear

deal is an embarrassment to the United States.

While saying that some countries around the world are going to hell,

he also called for standing together with the U.S. and every other nation,

putting its own interests first.

All this, with cutbacks curtailing State Department diplomacy,

is the Trump administration giving up leadership of the Western world?

First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Mormon Alney, back with To the Point. President Trump played good cop, bad cop today

in his first address to the United Nations General Assembly. He told world leaders the U.S.

is ready to destroy another country, North Korea, while saying that nations should work together,

although each in its own self-interest

will hear much more. But first, this news update, a new development in the investigation of possible

collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign. CNN reports that former campaign Chair Paul

...