Iran, AI and the ICC: Trump makes threats, touts policies at UN General Assembly

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was deciding whether to make a deal with Iran or "annihilate" the country in a bombastic 37-minute speech to the United Nations that appeared tailored to war-weary American voters. The 80-year-old president's threat came after repeated claims that under him the United States is successfully confronting its adversaries and reshaping the world order to its own advantage. Read moreUN Live: 'Nobody with a conscience can close their eyes to what is happening in Gaza', Erdogan says Since returning to office last year for a second term, Trump has sent shockwaves through the global order, joining Israel ‌to attack Iran, ordering an armed raid on Venezuela that seized the country's president and threatening to annex Greenland by military force. "While others have spoken of peace, I have made peace. While others have ignored threats, I have confronted them," Trump told the room full of world leaders at the UN General Assembly in New York. Despite claiming credit as a peacemaker, Trump delivered a jarring warning as he sought to justify the nearly seven-month war against Iran, which he claimed was launched to stop Tehran acquiring nuclear weapons. "I ...