President Obama delivers his final speech at United Nations Video

Obama: “Today, a nation ringed by walls would only imprison itself”.


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Likely referring to Trump’s nationalist, populist campaign, and other international movements to resist globalism — such as Britain’s recent vote to exit the European Union — Obama said world leaders cannot afford to “dismiss these visions.”

The president added that countries seeking to put their own interests first in the short term would “fail to deliver security or prosperity over the long term.”