President Trump Addresses U.N. General Assembly: We Choose ‘Independence’ Over ‘Global Governance’

“President Donald Trump spoke about globalism and national sovereignty in a speech before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, telling the body that ‘America will always choose independence and cooperation over global governance, control and domination,’” Jeffrey Cimmino writes in The Washington Free Beacon.

“I honor the right of every nation in this room to pursue its own customs, beliefs and traditions. The United States will not tell you how to live, work or worship. We only ask that you honor our sovereignty in return,” President Trump said.

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“U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley charged Wednesday that former Secretary of State John Kerry's ongoing talks with Iran are ‘anti-American,’” as they undermine U.S. diplomacy, Pete Kasperowicz reports in the Washington Examiner. “What Secretary Kerry did was not only disrespectful, it was hurtful to America,” Ambassador Haley said.

“Consumer confidence rose in September, notching its highest level in about 18 years. The Consumer Board’s index rose to 138.4 this month from 134.7 in August,” Fred Imbert reports for CNBC. “Consumers’ assessment of current conditions remains extremely favorable, bolstered by a strong economy and robust job growth,” said Lynn Franco, the Conference Board’s director of economic indicators.

The Investor’s Business Daily editorial board points out that the U.S. economy is booming and pulling ahead from the rest of the world, according to CNBC’s Global CFO Council survey. “Remember when everybody said that the ‘unexpectedly’ strong economy under President Trump had nothing to do with his policies? He was just lucky because the global economy was booming, they said. Well, that attempt to dismiss the Trump boom just fell by the wayside.”

“The United States imposed new sanctions on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s wife and several of his top allies on Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump urged members of the United Nations to support a ‘restoration of democracy’ in the once-booming OPEC nation,” Lesley Wroughton and Brian Ellsworth report for Reuters. “The move adds pressure to a government already widely criticized for economic collapse and undermining democracy.”