Trump calls on NATO to shoot down Russian planes violating airspace

President Donald Trump called NATO countries on Tuesday to shoot down Russian planes that violate their airspace.

Trump made these comments at a bilateral meeting with the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The two leaders were in New York on Tuesday for a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly.

“Do you think that NATO countries should cut down Russian planes if they enter their airspace?” asked for a journalist.

“Yes, I do,” replied Trump.

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The president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in the center on the left, speaks during a meeting with American president Donald Trump during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations on September 23, 2025 in New York. (Photo of Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

The statement took place a few hours after Trump criticized the United Nations for not having helped the peace push of his administration and to “create new problems” for the United States and the Member Nations. He also questioned the UN’s goal and offered “the hand of American leadership and friendship” to all the countries of the body.

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“Not only does the UN not solve the problems it should. new problems So that we resolved, “said Trump.” The best example is the political question n ° 1 of our time: the crisis of uncontrolled migration. It is uncontrolled. Your countries are ruined. “”

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive for the 80th session of the UN General Assembly on September 23, 2025, in New York. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld / Getty Images)

The president said that the UN “finances an assault against Western countries and their borders”.

“The UN supports people who come to the United States illegally, and we have to take them out,” said Trump. “The UN has also provided food, shelter, transport and debit cards to illegal extraterrestrials.

“The UN is supposed to stop invasions – not create them and not finance them.”

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President Trump reprimanded the world leaders on Tuesday at the United Nations. (David Dee Delgado / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Trump said illegal immigrants “also pour into Europe.”

“It is not durable and, because they choose to be politically correct, they do absolutely nothing,” said Trump. “Your countries go to hell. In America, we have taken daring measures to quickly close uncontrolled migration.

“Once we have started to hold and expel all those who crossed the border and removing illegal foreigners from the United States, they just stop coming. They no longer come,” said Trump, while thanking El Salvador to “receive and imprison criminals” who entered the United States.

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