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Trump Defended the War with Iran and Rejected a Global Regulation of Artificial Intelligence at the UN
The U.S. president spoke before the UN General Assembly in a speech focused on Iran, Cuba, the International Criminal Court and artificial intelligence. He also again promised a deal with Tehran after the November legislative elections.
Donald Trump spoke this Tuesday before the UN General Assembly in a speech in which he defended the United States and Israel’s offensive against Iran, warned that he is weighing whether to move forward with a deal with Tehran or “annihilate” the country, and said negotiations would come after the November legislative elections in the United States, according to France 24.
According to that outlet, the president presented the war against Iran, which has lasted nearly seven months, as an action aimed at preventing Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons. In that context, he insisted that his government is confronting its adversaries and reshaping the international landscape in Washington’s favor.
France 24 also noted that, just days before the speech, a UN fact-finding mission said there were reasonable grounds to believe that U.S. forces committed war crimes in two attacks on Iran, including one that killed dozens of children at an elementary school in the southern city of Minab.
During his remarks, Trump also touted his achievements at the helm of the United States, said the country is the “most powerful in the world” and threatened to use “unmatched” military force to defend Washington’s interests in Latin America. In that section, he also said the Cuban government will fall soon. According to France 24, members of the Cuban delegation left the room when the president mentioned his policy on the island.
The president also celebrated an agreement with Greenland to build two bases in that Arctic territory. According to France 24, Trump signed that understanding on the sidelines of the UN alongside leaders from Denmark and Greenland.
In another passage, he again questioned international bodies. He called on countries to boycott the International Criminal Court and lashed out at what he described as “globalist” entities, including the UN itself.
Trump also rejected any international oversight of artificial intelligence. According to France 24, he described those proposals as a globalist attempt to control technology and announced that the U.S. government will begin using the expression “super intelligence” instead of “artificial intelligence” in its official communications.
Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the United States and China to open a dialogue on the future of that technology, in a logic comparable to the contacts between Washington and Moscow during the Cold War. He also recalled that governments with greater artificial intelligence capabilities have greater responsibilities toward humanity.
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