India, Sept. 24 -- Rhetoric was classic Trump-direct, combative, and resonating with his base at home while rattling allies abroad but was it also true, read on.

US President Donald Trump's address at the 2025 UN General Assembly was vintage, classic Trump-direct, combative, and calculated to energise supporters at home while unsettling allies abroad. His remarks, filled with exaggerations and misleading claims, reflected a deliberate political strategy more than an engagement with facts.

Dismissing climate change as a "con job" and portraying immigration as an existential threat, Trump leaned heavily on themes central to his political brand-sovereignty, cultural preservation, and economic protectionism. The rhetoric was aimed at presen...