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Donald Trump used his address to the UN General Assembly to reject a globalist scheme to control artificial intelligence and to say US documents should use the term super intelligence rather than artificial intelligence. He argued that artificial makes intelligence sound fake, said the United States was leading China and others, and promised not to stifle growth in something he compared to the Industrial Revolution, while saying it would be watched by the Department of Justice. He also dismissed warnings that AI would kill everyone as coming from the same people who had predicted climate disaster, and closed with themes of American freedom and strength.

After the speech, the programme said the address had ranged over Iran, Ukraine, the US economy, Cuba, drug cartels, the Western Hemisphere and AI. Its correspondent said the address contrasted with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres's earlier call for collaboration and multilateralism, citing Trump's line that to the victor belongs the spoils. The analysis covered his claims on poverty and investment before turning to Iran. Trump called the Iranian regime fanatical and accused it of bloodshed and mass murder, noted that the Iranian delegation had left the chamber, said European allies should know Iran had missiles that could reach Europe, and described a choice between making a deal that would let Iran rebuild or annihilating the Islamic Republic. He said he believed a deal could come after the midterm elections, that the election did not enter his mind, and that Iran must never have a nuclear weapon. The Revolutionary Guard was reported to have rejected US contact and threatened to intensify its response to new attacks. The programme also noted a Pentagon Inspector General report on munitions shortfalls and resupply bottlenecks, contradicting Trump's claim that the US was not running low on munitions.

On Ukraine, Trump said a deal would happen quickly and referred to 25,000 deaths a month, while the programme noted a newly signed sanctions bill named after the late Senator Lindsey Graham that could impose tariffs or sanctions of up to 100 percent on countries buying Russian oil, with attention on India and China ahead of Trump's meeting with Xi Jinping. On Cuba, the delegation walked out after Trump called the country a failed state, said Marco Rubio was in deep negotiations, and vowed not to allow foreign adversaries a footprint there or let Cuba continue subversive methods. On AI, correspondents distinguished superintelligence from artificial intelligence, noted Trump's plan to use the Department of Justice for scrutiny while not stifling growth, and discussed calls from his own party for a kill switch, a possible US-China incident hotline, and a role for the UK's AI safety institute in global guardrails.