RT | Helen Buyniski: US President Donald Trump had harsh words for socialism, Venezuela, Iran and China in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly - but many of his criticisms were best applied to his own country.

Warning of the �divide between those whose thirst for control deludes them into thinking they are destined to rule over others, and those people and nations who want only to rule themselves� - and implying the US falls into the latter category - Trump proceeded to boast about how the US is the most powerful nation in the world, and said, �hopefully we will never have to use this power.�

One can only wonder what countries like Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen and Iraq - plus the countries the US has �merely� sanctioned instead of bombing - would have to say about this magnanimous American restraint. Repeatedly lambasting Iran for its �menacing behavior� later in his speech, Trump seemed to have forgotten that he�d opened his own remarks by menacing the entire General Assembly with the world�s �most powerful military,� now �rebuilt� with $2.5 trillion in taxpayer dollars.

�One of the greatest threats facing peaceful nations today,� said the Commander-in-Chief of a military whose forces occupied 70 percent of the world�s countries in 2016, �is the repressive regime in Iran.� Iran�s citizens deserve a government that doesn�t �steal their money to fund and massacre abroad and at home,� declared the leader of a country where more than half of federal discretionary spending goes to fund the government�s military adventures.

Socialism, Trump said, wheeling out his favorite ideological punching bag, is not about a better standard of living for the poor - it�s about �power for the ruling class.� He reiterated his vow that America would never be a socialist country, even as a growing number of Americans are at least curious about how socialism might favorably compare to the current system in the US, where income equality is at an all-time high and the richest three men have more money than half the country combined. Socialism, Trump lamented, was the only thing stopping Venezuela from receiving the �vast quantities of humanitarian aid� the US had in store for it - if only it would �restore democracy� and embrace an unelected, US-backed leader from Venezuela�s own ruling class.

Iran will become �a cautionary tale of what happens when a ruling class abandons its people and embarks on a quest for personal power and riches,� Trump warned, seemingly blind to how applicable his words were to his own country. The American ruling class�s abandonment of its people has been a running theme in the last two election cycles - it�s arguably what put Trump in power, and some of his Democratic opponents are betting on it to secure their own victories in 2020.

�The US does not seek conflict with any other nation,"��Trump declared, after bashing the countries the US uses all its financial and military clout to undermine. The message was heard loud and clear: uphold your country�s sovereignty, unless it conflicts with our interests.