Trump Heads to UN Assembly With Talks on Iran, Ukraine, and New York
President Donald Trump will attend two days of UN General Assembly meetings in New York, featuring bilateral talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham, and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, amid ongoing US-Israeli conflict with Iran. Trump arrives Monday for political events at Trump Tower, addresses the assembly Tuesday morning, and meets Gulf Cooperation Council leaders, with Iran conflict likely dominating discussions. He will also hold his first in-person meeting with Venezuela’s US-backed interim president Delcy Rodriguez, and meet Democratic Mayor Mamdani at Gracie Mansion, focusing on New York issues. Nearly 130 heads of state gather as the UN faces strain from Trump’s funding cuts and disdain, while the six-month-old Iran war risks expanding with Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia. Trump’s agenda includes separate meetings with Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi and Iraqi PM Ali Faleh al-Zaidi, with Zelenskiy meeting expected Tuesday per a source.