Fact-check: President Donald Trump misleads on Iran war, AI in speech to UN

In his address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Donald Trump defended the United States’ robust use of military force in Iran, Venezuela and elsewhere, saying the international community is incapable of handling threats from those countries. Undaunted by polls that show Americans tiring of the nearly-seven-month Iran war and its impact on fuel prices, Trump said in the Sept. 22 speech that the U.S. is “settling years of unfinished business. And we’re doing it well.” This story was originally published on PolitiFact.com .

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Scoop News DeskIran · Published Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 10:26 PM UTCUpdated Wednesday, September 23, 2026 at 1:26 AM UTC

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Here are fact-checks of some of Trump’s statements. “The very same people who said we’ll all be dead in 12 years because of global warming … These are the same people that are now saying that AI is going to kill us all. … This is the group that came up with the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax, the Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine hoax, climate change, open borders.” Although some anti-AI groups may have overlaps with advocates concerned about climate change, alarms over AI are not confined to one group of people. The loudest warnings of late have come from the top of the industry itself.

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