Donald Trump and his incoherent babble to the United Nations.

Opinion letters published in The New York Times:

In the stumbling address Donald Trump tried to give to the United Nations General Assembly, he questioned whether the U.N. should exist. His own remarks provided the answer.

Dear Nations of the World: On behalf of the American people, I apologize for the words and behavior of our president at the United States. He does not represent our beliefs. 

By asking,“What is the purpose of the United Nations❓” — and telling world leaders, “Your countries are going to hell”  —  Trump showed precisely why the U.N. matters.

The United Nations remains essential as a forum where nations can challenge authoritarian impulses and defend shared norms. Without this global venue, weaker states and civil society would have no platform to confront great-power unilateralism or to uphold international law and human rights.

The United Nations is not perfect. Security Council vetoes and limited enforcement power are real obstacles. But the remedy is reform, not retreat.

Donald Trump's dismal display didn’t diminish the U.N.’s relevance. His clumsy speech only underscored the need to strengthen it. 

From Jordan Ryan in Decatur, Georgia (The writer is a former United Nations assistant secretary general).

To the New York Times Editor: An objective observer might have found Donald Trump’s United Nations talk astonishing, whether because of the rudeness of his words — the insults, the braggadocio, the disparaging of the leaders of so many other countries — or his appropriation of nearly four times the time allotted to him to speak. (What an ass ❗)

Sadly, most of us ceased being astonished years about Donald Trump. 

In fact, the Trump's stumbling United Nations talk is an extension of his constant sources of shame and embarrassment.

From Peter Larson in Milwaukee Wisconsin