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Trump Announces Revocation of UN Arms Trade Treaty in NRA Speech

April 27, 2019Katie McCarthy
CLEVELAND, OH – JULY 21:  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives two thumbs up to the crowd during the evening session on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump received the number of votes needed to secure the party’s nomination. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Cleveland, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Republican National Convention kicked off on July 18.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

CLEVELAND, OH – JULY 21: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives two thumbs up to the crowd during the evening session on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump received the number of votes needed to secure the party’s nomination. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Cleveland, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Republican National Convention kicked off on July 18. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

On the official first day of the 2019 NRA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, President Donald Trump took the stage at the NRA-Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) Leadership Forum.


Trump began by taking a few shots at the media before launching into a discussion on the economy, where he noted first-quarter growth of 3.2 percent. He then transitioned to the crisis at the southern border, predicting 400 miles of border wall would be complete by this time next year. The president spoke for nearly an hour.


The biggest surprise came when Trump announced that he would be dismantling the UN Arms Trade Treaty, which was met with applause from the audience.



The purpose of the 2014 treaty is to regulate the international trade of conventional weapons as a means to reduce “human suffering, political repression, crime and terror among civilian populations.” It was signed and sent to the U.S. Senate by President Barack Obama.


“I am officially announcing today that the United States will be revoking the effect of America’s signature from this badly misguided treatment,” said Trump. “We are taking our signature back. The United Nations will soon receive a formal notice that America is rejecting this treaty.


“As part of this decision, I will sign right now, in front of a lot of witnesses […] a message asking the Senate to discontinue the treaty ratification process and to return the now-rejected treaty right back to me in the Oval Office, where I will dispose of it,” he continued.


“By taking these actions, we are reaffirming that American liberty is sacred and that American citizens live by American laws, not the laws of foreign countries.”


Also speaking during the Leadership Forum was Chris Cox, master of ceremonies and executive director of NRA-ILA; Vice President Mike Pence; Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the NRA; Congressman Steve Scalise (R-LA, 1st District); and NRA president Oliver North.


Katie McCarthy
Katie McCarthy

Katie McCarthy is the managing editor for Coffee or Die Magazine. Her career in journalism began at the Columbus (Georgia) Ledger-Enquirer in 2008, where she learned to navigate the newsroom as a features reporter, copy editor, page designer, and online producer; prior to joining Coffee or Die, she worked for Outdoor Sportsman Group as an editor for Guns & Ammo magazine and their Special Interest Publications division. Katie currently lives in Indiana with her husband and two daughters.

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