Short transcript excerpt from a bilateral meeting between U.S. President Trump and U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres. Guterres highlights the United States' foundational and ongoing political/financial role in the UN and offers UN cooperation—particularly on advancing peace, which he says Trump has made a central objective. Trump responds by affirming U.S. support for the United Nations ('behind the United Nations 100%'), praising its potential to advance peace, and thanking Guterres for the warm reception.
Chapters
Please.
I will repeat what I said.
Very nice. I love that, actually.
Now, I want to say that you are very much welcome, Mr. President.
Thank you.
The United States was absolutely essential in the founding of the un. And for decades, we have relied on the United States as our major political and financial support, thanks to the. The American people, which we are very grateful about. On the other hand, I believe there are many areas where we can cooperate in a positive way. And I would think that the most important is peace. You have selected peace as a central objective of your mandate. And you have been going north and south, east and west in all possible situations, getting or trying to get ceasefires, alleviating tensions, making peace agreements or the building blocks of peace agreements. And I want to reassure you that the United nations, from me to our teams on the ground, to our mission, we are entirely at your disposal to be able to work together for a just peace in the world based on our common grounds.
Thank you very much.
The Constitution of the United States. And one thing is, for me, extremely important, is that the suffering, the horrible suffering of millions of people in the world can be stopped. And we fully appreciate your engagement in that regard.
Thank you very much. It's always an honor to be here. We've done this before, and this was a little more exciting because of the escalator and the teleprompter, but these things happen. But I will tell you that your people have treated us with great respect. Our country is behind the United Nations 100%. I think the potential potential of the United nations is incredible. Really incredible. It can do so much. So I'm behind it. I may disagree with it sometimes, but I am so behind it because I think the potential for peace with this institution is so great. So I just want to thank you for treating us so warmly. We very much appreciate being with you.
