Trích đoạn diễn văn của Tổng thống Donald Trump về sức mạnh của Hoa Kỳ, chủ nghĩa dân tộc, Trung Quốc, Venezuela và chủ nghĩa xã hội tại Đại hội đồng LHQ ở New York hôm 24/9.
September
24, 2019
10:12
A.M. EDT
PRESIDENT
TRUMP: Thank you very much. Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General,
distinguished delegates, ambassadors, and world leaders:
Seven
decades of history have passed through this hall, in all of their richness and
drama. Where I stand, the world has heard from presidents and premiers at
the height of the Cold War. We have seen the foundation of nations.
We have seen the ringleaders of revolution. We have beheld saints who
inspired us with hope, rebels who stirred us with passion, and heroes who
emboldened us with courage — all here to share plans, proposals, visions, and
ideas on the world’s biggest stage.
Like
those who met us before, our time is one of great contests, high stakes, and
clear choices. The essential divide that runs all around the world and
throughout history is once again thrown into stark relief. It is the
divide between those whose thirst for control deludes them into thinking they
are destined to rule over others and those people and nations who want only to
rule themselves.
I
have the immense privilege of addressing you today as the elected leader of a
nation that prizes liberty, independence, and self-government above all.
The United States, after having spent over two and a half trillion dollars
since my election to completely rebuild our great military, is also, by far,
the world’s most powerful nation. Hopefully, it will never have to use
this power.
Americans
know that in a world where others seek conquest and domination, our nation must
be strong in wealth, in might, and in spirit. That is why the United
States vigorously defends the traditions and customs that have made us who we
are.
Like
my beloved country, each nation represented in this hall has a cherished
history, culture, and heritage that is worth defending and celebrating, and
which gives us our singular potential and strength.
The
free world must embrace its national foundations. It must not attempt to
erase them or replace them.
Looking
around and all over this large, magnificent planet, the truth is plain to see:
If you want freedom, take pride in your country. If you want democracy,
hold on to your sovereignty. And if you want peace, love your
nation. Wise leaders always put the good of their own people and their
own country first.
The
future does not belong to globalists. The future belongs to
patriots. The future belongs to sovereign and independent nations who
protect their citizens, respect their neighbors, and honor the differences that
make each country special and unique.
It
is why we in the United States have embarked on an exciting program of national
renewal. In everything we do, we are focused on empowering the dreams and
aspirations of our citizens.
Thanks
to our pro-growth economic policies, our domestic unemployment rate reached its
lowest level in over half a century. Fueled by massive tax cuts and
regulations cuts, jobs are being produced at a historic rate. Six million
Americans have been added to the employment rolls in under three years.
Last
month, African American, Hispanic American, and Asian American unemployment
reached their lowest rates ever recorded. We are marshaling our nation’s vast
energy abundance, and the United States is now the number one producer of oil
and natural gas anywhere in the world. Wages are rising, incomes are
soaring, and 2.5 million Americans have been lifted out of poverty in less than
three years.
As
we rebuild the unrivaled might of the American military, we are also
revitalizing our alliances by making it very clear that all of our partners are
expected to pay their fair share of the tremendous defense burden, which the
United States has borne in the past.
At
the center of our vision for national renewal is an ambitious campaign to
reform international trade. For decades, the international trading system
has been easily exploited by nations acting in very bad faith. As jobs
were outsourced, a small handful grew wealthy at the expense of the middle
class.
In
America, the result was 4.2 million lost manufacturing jobs and $15 trillion in
trade deficits over the last quarter century. The United States is now
taking that decisive action to end this grave economic injustice. Our
goal is simple: We want balanced trade that is both fair and reciprocal.
We
have worked closely with our partners in Mexico and Canada to replace NAFTA
with the brand new and hopefully bipartisan U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
Tomorrow,
I will join Prime Minister Abe of Japan to continue our progress in finalizing
a terrific new trade deal.
As
the United Kingdom makes preparations to exit the European Union, I have made
clear that we stand ready to complete an exceptional new trade agreement with
the UK that will bring tremendous benefits to both of our countries. We
are working closely with Prime Minister Boris Johnson on a magnificent new
trade deal.
The
most important difference in America’s new approach on trade concerns our
relationship with China. In 2001, China was admitted to the World Trade
Organization. Our leaders then argued that this decision would compel
China to liberalize its economy and strengthen protections to provide things
that were unacceptable to us, and for private property and for the rule of
law. Two decades later, this theory has been tested and proven completely
wrong.
Not
only has China declined to adopt promised reforms, it has embraced an economic
model dependent on massive market barriers, heavy state subsidies, currency
manipulation, product dumping, forced technology transfers, and the theft of
intellectual property and also trade secrets on a grand scale.
As
just one example, I recently met the CEO of a terrific American company, Micron
Technology, at the White House. Micron produces memory chips used in
countless electronics. To advance the Chinese government’s five-year
economic plan, a company owned by the Chinese state allegedly stole
Micron’s designs, valued at up to $8.7 billion. Soon, the Chinese company
obtains patents for nearly an identical product, and Micron was banned
from selling its own goods in China. But we are seeking justice.
The
United States lost 60,000 factories after China entered the WTO. This is
happening to other countries all over the globe.
The
World Trade Organization needs drastic change. The second-largest economy
in the world should not be permitted to declare itself a “developing country”
in order to game the system at others’ expense.
For
years, these abuses were tolerated, ignored, or even encouraged.
Globalism exerted a religious pull over past leaders, causing them to ignore
their own national interests.
But
as far as America is concerned, those days are over. To confront these
unfair practices, I placed massive tariffs on more than $500 billion worth of
Chinese-made goods. Already, as a result of these tariffs, supply chains
are relocating back to America and to other nations, and billions of dollars
are being paid to our Treasury.
The
American people are absolutely committed to restoring balance to our
relationship with China. Hopefully, we can reach an agreement that would
be beneficial for both countries. But as I have made very clear, I will
not accept a bad deal for the American people.
As
we endeavor to stabilize our relationship, we’re also carefully monitoring the
situation in Hong Kong. The world fully expects that the Chinese
government will honor its binding treaty, made with the British and registered
with the United Nations, in which China commits to protect Hong Kong’s freedom,
legal system, and democratic ways of life. How China chooses to handle
the situation will say a great deal about its role in the world in the
future. We are all counting on President Xi as a great leader.
The
United States does not seek conflict with any other nation. We desire
peace, cooperation, and mutual gain with all. But I will never fail to
defend America’s interests.
One
of the greatest security threats facing peace-loving nations today is the
repressive regime in Iran. The regime’s record of death and destruction
is well known to us all. Not only is Iran the world’s number one state
sponsor of terrorism, but Iran’s leaders are fueling the tragic wars in both
Syria and Yemen.
At
the same time, the regime is squandering the nation’s wealth and future in a
fanatical quest for nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them. We
must never allow this to happen.
To
stop Iran’s path to nuclear weapons and missiles, I withdrew the United States
from the terrible Iran nuclear deal, which has very little time remaining, did
not allow inspection of important sites, and did not cover ballistic missiles.
Following our withdrawal, we have implemented severe economic sanctions on the
country. Hoping to free itself from sanctions, the regime has escalated
its violent and unprovoked aggression. In response to Iran’s recent attack
on Saudi Arabian oil facilities, we just imposed the highest level of sanctions
on Iran’s central bank and sovereign wealth fund.
All
nations have a duty to act. No responsible government should subsidize
Iran’s bloodlust. As long as Iran’s menacing behavior continues,
sanctions will not be lifted; they will be tightened. Iran’s leaders will
have turned a proud nation into just another cautionary tale of what happens
when a ruling class abandons its people and embarks on a crusade for personal
power and riches.
For
40 years, the world has listened to Iran’s rulers as they lash out at everyone
else for the problems they alone have created. They conduct ritual chants
of “Death to America” and traffic in monstrous anti-Semitism. Last year
the country’s Supreme Leader stated, “Israel is a malignant cancerous
tumor…that has to be removed and eradicated: it is possible and it will
happen.” America will never tolerate such anti-Semitic hate.
Fanatics
have long used hatred of Israel to distract from their own failures.
Thankfully, there is a growing recognition in the wider Middle East that the
countries of the region share common interests in battling extremism and
unleashing economic opportunity. That is why it is so important to have
full, normalized relations between Israel and its neighbors. Only a
relationship built on common interests, mutual respect, and religious tolerance
can forge a better future.
Iran’s
citizens deserve a government that cares about reducing poverty, ending
corruption, and increasing jobs — not stealing their money to fund a massacre
abroad and at home.
After
four decades of failure, it is time for Iran’s leaders to step forward and to
stop threatening other countries, and focus on building up their own
country. It is time for Iran’s leaders to finally put the Iranian people
first.
America
is ready to embrace friendship with all who genuinely seek peace and respect.
Many
of America’s closest friends today were once our gravest foes. The United
States has never believed in permanent enemies. We want partners, not
adversaries. America knows that while anyone can make war, only the most
courageous can choose peace.
For
this same reason, we have pursued bold diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula. I
have told Kim Jong Un what I truly believe: that, like Iran, his country is
full of tremendous untapped potential, but that to realize that promise, North
Korea must denuclearize.
Around
the world, our message is clear: America’s goal is lasting, America’s goal is
harmony, and America’s goal is not to go with these endless wars — wars that
never end.
With
that goal in mind, my administration is also pursuing the hope of a brighter
future in Afghanistan. Unfortunately, the Taliban has chosen to continue
their savage attacks. And we will continue to work with our coalition of
Afghan partners to stamp out terrorism, and we will never stop working to make
peace a reality.
Here
in the Western Hemisphere, we are joining with our partners to ensure stability
and opportunity all across the region. In that mission, one of our most
critical challenges is illegal immigration, which undermines prosperity, rips
apart societies, and empowers ruthless criminal cartels.
Mass
illegal migration is unfair, unsafe, and unsustainable for everyone involved: the
sending countries and the depleted countries. And they become depleted
very fast, but their youth is not taken care of and human capital goes to
waste.
The
receiving countries are overburdened with more migrants than they can
responsibly accept. And the migrants themselves are exploited, assaulted,
and abused by vicious coyotes. Nearly one third of women who make the
journey north to our border are sexually assaulted along the way. Yet,
here in the United States and around the world, there is a growing cottage
industry of radical activists and non-governmental organizations that promote
human smuggling. These groups encourage illegal migration and demand
erasure of national borders.
Today,
I have a message for those open border activists who cloak themselves in the
rhetoric of social justice: Your policies are not just. Your policies are
cruel and evil. You are empowering criminal organizations that prey on
innocent men, women, and children. You put your own false sense of virtue
before the lives, wellbeing, and [of] countless innocent
people. When you undermine border security, you are undermining human
rights and human dignity.
Many
of the countries here today are coping with the challenges of uncontrolled
migration. Each of you has the absolute right to protect your borders,
and so, of course, does our country. Today, we must resolve to work
together to end human smuggling, end human trafficking, and put these criminal
networks out of business for good.
To
our country, I can tell you sincerely: We are working closely with our friends
in the region — including Mexico, Canada, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and
Panama — to uphold the integrity of borders and ensure safety and prosperity
for our people. I would like to thank President López Obrador of Mexico
for the great cooperation we are receiving and for right now putting 27,000
troops on our southern border. Mexico is showing us great respect, and I
respect them in return.
The
U.S., we have taken very unprecedented action to stop the flow of illegal
immigration. To anyone considering crossings of our border illegally,
please hear these words: Do not pay the smugglers. Do not pay the
coyotes. Do not put yourself in danger. Do not put your children in
danger. Because if you make it here, you will not be allowed in; you will
be promptly returned home. You will not be released into our
country. As long as I am President of the United States, we will enforce
our laws and protect our borders.
For
all of the countries of the Western Hemisphere, our goal is to help people
invest in the bright futures of their own nation. Our region is full of
such incredible promise: dreams waiting to be built and national destinies for
all. And they are waiting also to be pursued.
Throughout
the hemisphere, there are millions of hardworking, patriotic young people eager
to build, innovate, and achieve. But these nations cannot reach their
potential if a generation of youth abandon their homes in search of a life
elsewhere. We want every nation in our region to flourish and its people
to thrive in freedom and peace.
In
that mission, we are also committed to supporting those people in the Western
Hemisphere who live under brutal oppression, such as those in Cuba, Nicaragua,
and Venezuela.
According
to a recent report from the U.N. Human Rights Council, women in Venezuela stand
in line for 10 hours a day waiting for food. Over 15,000 people have been
detained as political prisoners. Modern-day death squads are carrying out
thousands of extrajudicial killings.
The
dictator Maduro is a Cuban puppet, protected by Cuban bodyguards, hiding from
his own people while Cuba plunders Venezuela’s oil wealth to sustain its own
corrupt communist rule.
Since
I last spoke in this hall, the United States and our partners have built a
historic coalition of 55 countries that recognize the legitimate government of
Venezuela.
To
the Venezuelans trapped in this nightmare: Please know that all of America is
united behind you. The United States has vast quantities of humanitarian
aid ready and waiting to be delivered. We are watching the Venezuela
situation very closely. We await the day when democracy will be restored,
when Venezuela will be free, and when liberty will prevail throughout this
hemisphere.
One
of the most serious challenges our countries face is the specter of
socialism. It’s the wrecker of nations and destroyer of societies.
Events
in Venezuela remind us all that socialism and communism are not about justice,
they are not about equality, they are not about lifting up the poor, and they
are certainly not about the good of the nation. Socialism and communism
are about one thing only: power for the ruling class.
Today,
I repeat a message for the world that I have delivered at home: America will
never be a socialist country.
In
the last century, socialism and communism killed 100 million people.
Sadly, as we see in Venezuela, the death toll continues in this country.
These totalitarian ideologies, combined with modern technology, have the power
to excise [exercise] new and disturbing forms of suppression
and domination.
For
this reason, the United States is taking steps to better screen foreign
technology and investments and to protect our data and our security. We
urge every nation present to do the same.
Freedom
and democracy must be constantly guarded and protected, both abroad and from
within. We must always be skeptical of those who want conformity and
control. Even in free nations, we see alarming signs and new challenges
to liberty.
A
small number of social media platforms are acquiring immense power over what we
can see and over what we are allowed to say. A permanent political class
is openly disdainful, dismissive, and defiant of the will of the people.
A faceless bureaucracy operates in secret and weakens democratic rule.
Media and academic institutions push flat-out assaults on our histories,
traditions, and values.
In
the United States, my administration has made clear to social media companies
that we will uphold the right of free speech. A free society cannot allow
social media giants to silence the voices of the people, and a free people must
never, ever be enlisted in the cause of silencing, coercing, canceling, or
blacklisting their own neighbors.
As
we defend American values, we affirm the right of all people to live in
dignity. For this reason, my administration is working with other nations
to stop criminalizing of homosexuality, and we stand in solidarity with LGBTQ
people who live in countries that punish, jail, or execute individuals based upon
sexual orientation.
We
are also championing the role of women in our societies. Nations that
empower women are much wealthier, safer, and much more politically
stable. It is therefore vital not only to a nation’s prosperity, but also
is vital to its national security, to pursue women’s economic development.
Guided
by these principles, my administration launched the Women’s Global Development
and Prosperity Initiatives. The W-GDP is first-ever government-wide
approach to women’s economic empowerment, working to ensure that women all over
the planet have the legal right to own and inherit property, work in the same
industries as men, travel freely, and access credit and institutions.
Yesterday,
I was also pleased to host leaders for a discussion about an ironclad American
commitment: protecting religious leaders and also protecting religious
freedom. This fundamental right is under growing threat around the
world. Hard to believe, but 80 percent of the world’s population lives in
countries where religious liberty is in significant danger or even completely
outlawed. Americans will never fire or tire in our
effort to defend and promote freedom of worship and religion. We want and
support religious liberty for all.
Americans
will also never tire of defending innocent life. We are aware that many
United Nations projects have attempted to assert a global right to
taxpayer-funded abortion on demand, right up until the moment of
delivery. Global bureaucrats have absolutely no business attacking the
sovereignty of nations that wish to protect innocent life. Like many
nations here today, we in America believe that every child — born and unborn —
is a sacred gift from God.
There
is no circumstance under which the United States will allow international entries [entities]
to trample on the rights of our citizens, including the right to
self-defense. That is why, this year, I announced that we will never
ratify the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty, which would threaten the liberties of
law-abiding American citizens. The United States will always uphold our
constitutional right to keep and bear arms. We will always uphold our
Second Amendment.
The
core rights and values America defends today were inscribed in America’s
founding documents. Our nation’s Founders understood that there will
always be those who believe they are entitled to wield power and control over
others. Tyranny advances under many names and many theories, but it always
comes down to the desire for domination. It protects not the interests of
many, but the privilege of few.
Our
Founders gave us a system designed to restrain this dangerous impulse.
They chose to entrust American power to those most invested in the fate of our
nation: a proud and fiercely independent people.
The
true good of a nation can only be pursued by those who love it: by citizens who
are rooted in its history, who are nourished by its culture, committed to its
values, attached to its people, and who know that its future is theirs to build
or theirs to lose. Patriots see a nation and its destiny in ways no one
else can.
Liberty
is only preserved, sovereignty is only secured, democracy is only sustained,
greatness is only realized, by the will and devotion of patriots. In
their spirit is found the strength to resist oppression, the inspiration to
forge legacy, the goodwill to seek friendship, and the bravery to reach for
peace. Love of our nations makes the world better for all nations.
So
to all the leaders here today, join us in the most fulfilling mission a person
could have, the most profound contribution anyone can make: Lift up your
nations. Cherish your culture. Honor your histories. Treasure
your citizens. Make your countries strong, and prosperous, and righteous.
Honor the dignity of your people, and nothing will be outside of your reach.
When
our nations are greater, the future will be brighter, our people will be
happier, and our partnerships will be stronger.
With
God’s help, together we will cast off the enemies of liberty and overcome the
oppressors of dignity. We will set new standards of living and reach new
heights of human achievement. We will rediscover old truths, unravel old
mysteries, and make thrilling new breakthroughs. And we will find more
beautiful friendship and more harmony among nations than ever before.
My
fellow leaders, the path to peace and progress, and freedom and justice, and a
better world for all humanity, begins at home.
Thank
you. God bless you. God bless the nations of the world. And
God bless America. Thank you very much. (Applause.)
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