Trump's world? Leaders navigate consequences of US policy

Home Shows The Debate To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: US President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky during the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, US, September 22, 2026. © Kylie Cooper, REUTERS 36:01 Issued on: 22/09/2026 - 20:14 From the show A year ago, Donald Trump went to the rostrum of the United Nations General Assembly - and after taxing an axe to US aid and development funding, read the world the riot act. One Iran war later, the US president sticking to script with a speech that borrowed much of the language of last year. With citizens on five continents now feeling the pain at the pump, we'll ask what it will take to tame a global energy crisis whose potential spiral mirrors the contagion of hostilities from the Strait of Hormuz to the mouth of the Red Sea? On that score, Trump blaming a global diesel shortage on Ukraine's drone strikes on Russian critical infrastructure. But Russia only accounts for 6-percent of global diesel exports. We'll debrief the bilateral meeting between the U-S president and his Ukranian counterpart. With no end in sight to conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, one notable absence at UN headquarters: the leader of China. Xi Jinping who's passed over New York for Washington where he'll discuss the future of AI with his hosts... a White House state dinner that reminds those present in New York of the old adage that if you're not at the table, you're on the menu. Produced by François Picard, Rebecca Gnignati, Juliette Laffont, Ilayda Habip, Charles Wente. Video by: