World's Top Diplomats Laughing At Trump's UN General Assembly Speech - US Senator

The world's top diplomats and leaders at the United Nations are laughing at President Donald Trump's "outlandish" claims of peace and success during his speech at the UN General Assembly, Senator Edward Markey said in a statement on Monday.

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 26th September, 2018) The world's top diplomats and leaders at the United Nations are laughing at President Donald Trump's "outlandish" claims of peace and success during his speech at the UN General Assembly, Senator Edward Markey said in a statement on Monday.

"The United Nations and the world's top diplomats laughed at President Trump's outlandish claims of achievement, but the real joke is on us as North Korea continues its nuclear weapons program unabated," Markey said.

Markey challenged Trump's claim that North Korea had taking some encouraging steps toward denuclearization since opening up a new cycle of negotiations with his administration.

"It is misleading to declare that North Korea has taken a 'number of encouraging measures,' while Kim Jong Un's regime continues to produce fissile material and improve missile capabilities," Markey said.

Trump's claims that progress toward denuclearization was beyond what many could have imagined was simply not supported by facts, Markey said. Instead, the nuclear threat North Korea posed remained very real, he insisted.