THE PRESIDENT, January 29, 2018: … Today, we will discuss our cooperation on a range of security challenges, including the denuking of North Korea, very importantly; countering Iran’s destabilization activities in the Middle East; ending the Syrian conflict; and confronting terrorism.
The success of the United Nations depends on the independent strength of its members.  And these are very strong members; some of them are new to the Council….
But there’s much work that we have to, together, do.  And earlier today, the ambassadors viewed a display of Iranian missiles and arms that the regime has transferred to its militant allies in Yemen.  And later today, they’re going to view Syria atrocities exhibited at the Holocaust Museum.  So they’ve seen the missiles from Iran, and they’re looking at some of the atrocities taking place in Syria.
We’ll also discuss what more we can do to defeat the Taliban.  I don’t see any talking taking place.  I don’t think we’re prepared to talk right now.  It’s a whole different fight over there.  They’re killing people left and right.  Innocent people are being killed left and right.  Bombing in the middle of children, in the middle of families — bombing, killing all over Afghanistan. So we don’t want to talk with the Taliban.