US President Donald Trump’s address at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday was filled with impurities and exaggerations. He completely involuntarily involuntary sherbandi about climate change, renewable energy sources, immigration and his own diplomatic records, and left lies about the New York Headquarters.
While a complete fact of each of his wrong statements is beyond the scope of this article, the investigation of the DW fact examined many of his major comments.
Did Trump actually bid for $ 500 million for reconstruction of the United Nations Headquarters?
claim: “I bid to rebuild the United Nations Headquarters for $ 500 million (€ 426 million). Instead, he spent $ 2 billion to $ 4 billion with a large -scale overran.”
DW fact check: Misleading.
Trump has long claimed that he could renovate the United Nations Headquarters at a fraction of the actual cost. In 2001, he estimated $ 500 million for the press, and in 2005 he told the Congress that he could complete the work of up to $ 700 million, According to US media reports.
However, DW found no record in the United Nations Global Marketplace (UNGM) or official procurement archives, showing that the Trump organization ever submitted a formal bid for the project. Instead, United Nations selected Scamka, A Swedish firm, in 2007, to oversee several subcontinent as a construction manager.
It is true that the Capital Master Plan – the project to renovate the United Nations New York Headquarters – finally finally finally faced the delay and cost overran. But Trump claims “$ 2 billion to $ 4 billion” figures: Official United Nations And US governmentThe figures keep the final cost between $ 2.15 billion to $ 2.31 billion, not $ 4 billion.
Did Trump end seven wars during his presidency?
claim: “I ended seven wars … Cambodia and Thailand, Kosovo and Serbia, Congo and Rwanda … Pakistan and India, Israel and Iran, Egiopia, and Armenia and Azerbaijan.”
DW fact check: Untrue
Trump claimed that seven conflicts in Asia, Africa and Middle East have ended. In fact, many controversies they listed by them are unresolved or still unstable, and their role in others is settled.
Egypt and Ethiopia were never in the War during Trump’s presidency. His controversy center over Ethiopia’s $ 4 billion grand Renaissance Dam, which Cairo and Khartum fear will reduce their water share. The talks fell in June 2025. Trump publicly biased with Egypt, praised President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and criticized Ethiopian officials, who said that his comments reduced his rights. Meanwhile, regional bets have increased Egypt allegedly armed Somalia amid friction with Ethiopia,
Serbia and Kosovo were not in active conflict. Trump’s 2020 agreement focused on economic relations rather than peace. Serbia denied any plan to attack Kosovo, and remain tensions, with sporadic clashes NATO peacemakers still stationed in the area. Serbia and Kosovo have never signed the final peace treaty.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, violence persists despite the 2024 agreement during Trump’s administration.
Experts warned that tension between Israel and Iran Stay unresolved and can flare again, Both Israel and Iranian Military and security officers have publicly issued a warning of new conflict.
The claim of the US President’s claim to end “seven wars” is quite high in his record.
Did Germany give up green energy for atomic and fossil fuels?
claim: “Germany went back to fossil fuel and atom, and is doing well after leaving the Haregi agenda.”
DW fact check: Misleading.
Germany permanently shut down its last three nuclear reactors in April 2023, completing a decades-length stage. While coal plants were briefly activated during Europe’s 2022 energy crisis, coal is the beating of use. In 2024, Renewal reached a record of 63% of German electricity, Strengthen his position as a clean energy leader.
Germany has opened LNG terminals to reduce dependence on Russian gas, but there is no “return” for nuclear power.
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Are renewal ineffective and overlapping?
claim: “Renewing is a joke. Pawan turbines do not work, much cost, and are manufactured in China, which hardly uses them.”
DW fact check: Untrue.
Renewal is now one of the cheapest new energy sources. A Report by 2024 LajardA global financial advisor and asset management firm, unlike Trump’s claim, unheard air and solar often outlines new fossil fuel plants, that renewable goods are prohibited expenses. DW and others have repeatedly checked the claim.
Meanwhile, China is not only the leading manufacturer of turbines, but the world’s top user of wind energy.According to the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) China produced about half of the global capacity, more than 500 gigawatt wind energy in 2024. Therefore, it is claimed that China “barely uses” wind energy is protesting.
Edited by: Rachel Baig