Prominent American economist and political analyst Jeffrey Sachs reacted with shock to Donald Trump’s remarks at the UN General Assembly:
“Never before, from the podium of the UN General Assembly, has an American president, or anyone else, said that we would annihilate another country, or that it is a choice I will make: either I make you great, or I annihilate you.”
Sachs described Trump’s remarks as
“the strangest moment”
, adding that he expects Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to create
“another strange moment.”
His broader assessment:
“This is the most tense and divided world.”
The remarks come amid growing international tensions and deepening divisions over the wars and conflicts confronting the international system.