President Donald Trump used his United Nations General Assembly address on Tuesday to defend nearly seven months of war with Iran, frame U.S. power as a tool for unfinished global problems, and preview a week of high-stakes diplomacy that also includes Ukraine, Gaza, Greenland, and an impending White House visit by China’s Xi Jinping.

In a roughly 35-minute speech, Trump said he does not believe in letting problems fester and cast his foreign policy as action where predecessors only talked. On Iran, he recounted the run-up to the conflict and months of failed talks, then posed a stark choice: a deal that lets Iran rebuild, or annihilating the Islamic Republic. He predicted a deal after the U.S. midterm elections, saying Tehran is waiting to see how he performs even though he is not on the ballot. Later Tuesday he indicated that Jared Kushner and envoy Steve Witkoff had met Iranians on the UNGA sidelines and called the session “very good,” while still insisting the United States and Iran would resolve the standoff “one way or the other.” He dismissed reports of munitions shortfalls even as a Pentagon inspector general recently cited strategic inventory gaps tied to the Iran war.

Ambassador Mike Waltz had previewed that the speech would stress confronting Iran’s nuclear threat and progress on a Gaza peace plan. Coverage also noted midterm politics: CNA and other outlets described the Iran war as a drag on Republican hopes of holding Congress, with elevated oil prices and public anxiety about AI in the background. Trump also touted U.S. action in Venezuela and a new Arctic security pact with Denmark and Greenland, signed later Tuesday, and argued critics of rapid AI development are recycling failed climate alarmism—saying he prefers terms like “superintelligence.”

Sideline meetings include U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Japan’s Sanae Takaichi, Gulf leaders, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, with Xi expected in Washington later in the week. Press access is constrained after the White House banned CNN, MS NOW, and Politico; the presidential TV pool suspended coverage, and Trump told a CNN reporter covering his UN arrival that the network should not be covering him. Accounts agree on the speech timing and meeting slate; they diverge on emphasis between administration claims of peacemaking and reporting that links the Iran war to political and energy market strain.