President Trump Doesn’t Flinch as Iranian President Brings UN Chaos

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian shockingly announced at the U.N. General Assembly that Iran will “never bow our head or bend at the knee” to President Trump and the U.S. military. The outburst led the only U.S. delegate in the room to walk out.

Meanwhile, President Trump was unflinching in his own address yesterday, warning Iran that there were only two outcomes in his mind, stating:

I have a big decision to make. Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before? Maybe one of the greatest in the Middle East or even the world. Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again?

This is one of the more surreal aspects of the U.N. when the U.S. is the host. It’s on U.S. soil, yet a country we are in conflict with sends its leadership to come and speak, and they are given the assurance of protection. And technically they are not under any sort of American jurisdiction legally. We don’t want an international incident, least of all a foreign diplomat or foreign leader being attacked or killed on our soil.

But the fact that a person we are in conflict with is literally here could easily add fuel to an already very tense situation.

But in this instance, having Iran here presented a new opportunity for President Trump, all the big talk aside, to attempt to continue diplomacy.

Special Presidential Envoy – and former U.S. Ambassador to Germany – Ric Grenell joined us and offered his reaction to Trump’s speech:

Well, first of all, I love the fact that the President is actually doing these meetings. He’s not stopping the diplomacy, and that’s what we want. You need to always have an off-ramp of diplomacy and talks. That’s how you’re gonna solve things.

You can pressure through military action; you can get them to the table; you can get them to understand how serious you are. You can punish them when they’re not talking, but I’m a big believer that having the alternative for diplomacy is always the key, and that’s what I love about this President. He is very serious about diplomacy. He doesn’t want to do war, but he’s willing to do it. He doesn’t have this philosophy that’s like, I’m never gonna do war, and he doesn’t have this philosophy that is like, War is always the answer and let’s make it the first option.

I love how he’s able to float very seamlessly, sometimes within a 12-hour period. And he can float between the different options. It’s truly amazing, and he’s monitoring it in real time, unlike any other President we’ve ever seen.

Apparently, this meeting between Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and the Iranian foreign minister went on for three hours. It wasn’t a formal meeting where all parties sit down at a table. It was something called a shuttle talk, where, while they weren’t necessarily sitting in the same room, both sides used an intermediary who would talk to one side, gather all the information, and then relay it to the other side, and collect their response to take back.

This went on for some three hours. It goes to show you that these U.N. meetings are not merely for show. Yes, there is plenty of posturing, particularly in the President’s speech, as well as other things that happen, but at the same time, real work is also taking place. That being said, it’s important to keep in mind that real work and real progress are not always synonymous.

Today’s Sekulow broadcast included more analysis of the speeches of both President Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian at the U.N., including more with Special Presidential Envoy Ric Grenell.

Watch the full broadcast below: