Corker: Trump’s UN address ‘a welcomed change’

Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said Wednesday that President Trump’s speech at the United Nations was “a welcomed change” from the rhetoric of past presidents. 

“President Trump sent a very clear signal yesterday about what America stands for and who and what the world must stand against,” Corker said in a statement. “After years of ambiguous messaging, the president’s direct approach was a welcomed change, and I shared that with him when we spoke this morning.” 

Trump addressed the U.N. General Assembly for the first time on Tuesday, during which he condemned “rogue regimes,” namely North Korea and Iran.{mosads}

Trump dubbed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “Rocket Man” and said his “reckless pursuit of nuclear weapons … threatens the entire world with unthinkable loss of human life.”

The U.N. recently passed strict sanctions against North Korea in response to its increased ballistic missile tests and continued work on its nuclear program.

Delegates from North Korea were not present during Trump’s speech. 

The president also urged nations to confront Iran for pursuing nuclear weapons and its “destabilizing activities in the Middle East.”

He blasted the six-nation nuclear agreement with Tehran as an “embarrassment to the United States” and pledged to root out “radical Islamic terrorism” that in some cases is supported by the Iranian government. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered praise similar to Corker’s, saying he had “never heard a bolder or more courageous speech.”

In over 30 years in my experience with the UN, I never heard a bolder or more courageous speech.

— Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) September 19, 2017