President Donald Trump is set to deliver a highly anticipated speech to the United Nations General Assembly today, set for 9:55 Eastern Time, or around 10am. He's expected to address the Iran war and the "importance of ensuring that Iran never has a nuclear weapon" - according to UN Ambassador Mike Waltz, along with a other foreign policy issues like his 20-point peace plan in Gaza, as well as recent US actions closer to home in the Western Hemisphere.
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High on everyone's mind is whether the US will engage in direct diplomacy with the Iranians on the UNGA sidelines.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the White House remains open to this.
"We’re open to that. I don’t think anything is scheduled at this point, but we’re certainly open to something like that, especially if it has the prospects of leading to something positive and ultimately achieving the goal of what this is all about," Rubio told NBC's :Today" show Tuesday morning.
"And that is the fact that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon. They just simply can’t."
A senior White House official has further previewed of Trump's speech: "He'll include many of the issues, frankly neglected by past administrations, that he’s not going to kick the can on." From there and intense, meeting-packed day will ensue, starting with:
Following his speech, Trump will join a signing ceremony with the leaders of Greenland and Denmark on an agreement that the president touted as giving the U.S. “total control” over the Arctic island’s security READ MORE AT SOURCE »
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