time ever before. so we ll be back here during the week. we have many meetings scheduled. i think we re going to have great success. thank you all very much. the president and first lady leaving the united nations. we re told they re going to be heading back to trump tower across town in new york city. the president there with his national security adviser, the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. jim sciutto, you listened so closely to what the president said. some are already suggesting in his attack on what he called these rogue nations, this was in effect the new axis of evil speech by an american president. it did, wolf, echo that famous 2002 state of the union address by george w. bush at the time, axis of evil, calling out iran, north korea, and iraq in that case, but very strong words, not as not just as you noted, wolf, about the potential to totally destroy north korea but he called the iran nuclear
the president warning the north korean regime. he also warned other what he called rogue regimes, including iran. he spoke of radical islamic terrorism, went after venezuela, but gloria, let s talk about north korea for a moment. this was the president has often said tough things about north korea, but in front of this world body, to say the north korean regime is on a suicide mission, kim jong-un, rocket man, and the u.s. is ready to totally destroy north korea if necessary to protect u.s. security. well look, i think you would have to say at the very least this is an unambiguous speech the president delivered before a body that very often is not speaks in softer tones. you know, this was donald trump saying we have no choice but to totally destroy you if you re on this suicide mission. he also did the same with iran. he said we cannot let a murderous regime continue, these
necessary, calling kim jong-un rocket man, saying he s on a suicide mission for himself, yes, he was addressing the north korean regime in pyongyang and yes, the north korean delegation to the u.n. was right in that front row by chance sitting in that front row, but my own sense was, he was also addressing china and russia and warning them and that part explains these tough words from the president. i agree, wolf. clearly he was talking about china and russia when talking about those trading and enabling the dprk. no question about that. very tough language on north korea. it s almost as if he was advised that upping the rhetoric will intimidate or can have some kind of intimidation effect on kim jong-un. i think that s a risky proposition. i don t see any evidence that s the case. look, this wasn t a speech. this was a ser mon. and he wasn t a president, he was a preacher up there giving
his dark world view about threats and conflict. this was a speech about conflict around the world, not a speech about cooperation. that s a shame because of all the places you can give a speech about collective security and mutual cooperation and respect, it s at the u.n. and i think he missed a huge opportunity. let me play the clip. this is the clip of the president of the united states with that warning to north korea. no nation on earth has an interest in seeing this band of criminals arm itself with nuclear weapons and missiles. the united states has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. the united states is ready,
glor gloria bernlger our chief political analyst. others are setting the stage. the u.n. secretary general traditionally speaks for and the president of brazil speaks second and then the president of the united states. momentarily the president will be introduced and he will head up to the mode podium and deliver his carefully crafted speech. this is an important speech for the president trump. it s usually important for him to speak on the world stage like this, wolf, and we are told it s going to be a philosophical speech and what that means, the president hold on a second because the president of the united states has just been introduced by the united nations secretary general. he s walking up. he s getting some applause as you can hear. let s listen in to the president. well, he s about to be seated but about to be introduced. on behalf of the general assembly, i have the honor to welcome to the united nations his excellence, donald trump. president of the united states