Wednesday, September 24, 2025
The Briefing with Albert Mohler
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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🗓️ 24 September 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
On today’s edition of The Briefing, Dr. Mohler discusses President Trump’s remarks at the U.N.’s 80th Global Summit, the U.N.’s identity crisis, the history of autocracy’s influence on the U.N., and the calls from more world leaders for a Palestinian state.
Part I (00:14 – 14:54)
Part II (14:54 – 16:48)
- U.N. Gathers Amid Its 80th Anniversary and a ‘Free Fall’ by The New York Times (Farnaz Fassihi)
- Autocrats Move Quickly to Fill Void as Trump Retreats From U.N. by The New York Times (Mara Hvistendahl)
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| 0:00.0 | It's Wednesday, September 24, 2025. |
| 0:08.1 | I'm Albert Mueller, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. |
| 0:14.1 | The 80th session of the United Nations, that is, the General Assembly. |
| 0:18.3 | It's 80th year. |
| 0:19.7 | All this taking place this week in New York City. |
| 0:22.4 | It's a cavalcade of celebrities and national leaders, political leaders, cultural leaders, |
| 0:27.8 | most importantly, heads of state and heads of government who are lining up to address the |
| 0:32.4 | General Assembly of the United Nations. Yesterday morning, the Speaker was the President of the United States, |
| 0:38.6 | Donald J. Trump. He has not expressed great admiration for the United Nations, but he did |
| 0:44.4 | have something to say. The President's remarks went on about four times the allotted time |
| 0:49.1 | he was given on the program. And the President spoke in some pretty bracing language. He said to the national |
| 0:55.4 | leaders there that most of the nations were, in his words, going to hell. And he was describing |
| 1:00.7 | what he considers the mayhem of the world situation. And from the beginning, this president |
| 1:05.5 | of the United States has indicated that he isn't much for the international system of institutions. He isn't much for |
| 1:12.7 | soft power. More on that in just a moment. The president actually hit so many issues for our |
| 1:17.2 | discussion, and no doubt he got the attention of those in the room there at the United Nations |
| 1:22.3 | General Assembly, but some of the biggest headlines are almost always when it comes to this |
| 1:27.3 | UN session, |
| 1:28.3 | not what takes place before the General Assembly, but what takes place inside conversations. |
| 1:33.5 | Already, the president's side conversation with Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, |
| 1:38.7 | is getting most of the attention and deservedly so. |
| 1:41.5 | Let's go back to the United Nations for a moment. |
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