Trump claims UK and Europe ‘going to hell’ in extraordinary UN rant | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump unleashed a rare tirade on the United Nations in New York on Tuesday, saying Britain and Europe are “going to hell” due to immigration and dismissing local weather change as “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world”.

In a spectacular outburst, the US chief stated Western nations are being taken over by “illegal aliens” and warned that “immigration and suicidal energy ideas will be the death of western Europe”.

And solely days after having fun with dinner with the King and Queen at Windsor Castle, he falsely claimed that London is adopting Islamic sharia legislation and referred to as Sir Sadiq Khan a “terrible, terrible mayor”.

The president’s hour-long handle touched on many acquainted grievances and elicited some groans and uncomfortable laughter from delegates.

He stated the UN is “funding an assault on Western countries and their borders” by supporting unlawful immigration, and he claimed inexperienced power tasks geared toward decreasing their carbon footprint had been inflicting irreparable hurt to their economies and cultures.

“I’m telling you that if you don’t get away from the ‘green energy’ scam, your country is going to fail,” Trump stated. “If you don’t stop people that you’ve never seen before that you have nothing in common with, your country is going to fail.”

The speech risked all the goodwill from final week’s historic state go to, when he and first woman Melania had been taken on a carriage journey round Windsor Castle and feted with an enormous banquet at which he stated he “loved Britain”.

“Europe is in serious trouble,” Trump informed the UN delegates. “They have been invaded by a force of illegal aliens like nobody’s ever seen before. They are doing absolutely nothing about it.

“I look at London, where you have a terrible mayor, terrible, terrible mayor, and it’s been changed, it’s been so changed. Now they want to go to sharia law. But you are in a different country, you can’t do that.

“Both the immigration and their suicidal energy ideas will be the death of Western Europe if something isn’t done immediately. This cannot be sustained.”

Sir Sadiq’s workplace stated it could not “dignify” Trump’s “appalling and bigoted comments” by responding.

“London is the greatest city in the world, safer than major US cities, and we’re delighted to welcome the record number of US citizens moving here,” a spokesperson added.

Focusing on Britain for example of Western failure, Trump ranted that North Sea oil is “so highly taxed that no developer, no oil company can go there”.

Trump additionally went on to criticise the choice to place “windmills and massive solar panels” within the countryside, deriding renewable power as “pathetic”.

“I want to stop seeing them ruining that beautiful Scottish and English countryside with windmills and massive solar panels that go seven miles by seven miles, taking away farmland,” he stated. “But we’re not letting this happen in America.”

He additionally claimed that Christianity is “the most persecuted religion” and demanded that Hamas return all of the hostages, as he rejected the popularity of Palestine as a state.

There was some faint reward from the UN itself, insisting he remained “100 per cent” supportive.

“What is the purpose of the United Nations?” Trump requested. “The UN has such tremendous potential. I’ve always said it. It has such tremendous, tremendous potential. But it’s not even coming close to living up to that potential.

“I may disagree with it sometimes, but I am so behind it because the potential for peace at this institution is great.”

Around the identical time, Lib Dem chief Sir Ed Davey was giving his social gathering’s keynote speech on the convention in Bournemouth, the place he warned {that a} Nigel Farage Reform UK authorities would imply Trump’s insurance policies are launched in Britain.

He claimed that Farage, Trump and X (previously Twitter) boss Elon Musk, together with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, had been a part of “the forces of darkness” who wanted to be stopped.

Downing Street has not commented on Trump’s speech, however it comes because the prime minister heads to his personal social gathering convention this weekend with critical query marks hanging over his technique.