Videos of Trump's U.N. speech shared by the White House and C-SPAN show that the president made no mention of urination problems during his speech. There are also no reports from reputable news organizations about Trump startling the audience by making the fabricated statement.

US President Donald Trump all but nominated himself for the Nobel Peace Prize on Tuesday, claiming in his address to the United Nations that he has “ended seven un-endable wars,” which “were raging, with countless thousands of people being killed.

Trump has repeated a version of this claim for months. In his U.N. speech, Trump listed the conflicts: Cambodia and Thailand, Kosovo and Serbia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, Pakistan and India, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, and Armenia and Azerbaijan.

A rumor that U.S. President Donald Trump said, "It burns when I pee," when he spoke before the United Nations General Assembly circulated online in late September 2025. For example, a user on X (archived) shared the rumor,

Donald Trump’s return to the United Nations was marked by fiery rhetoric, a surprise shift in stance on Ukraine – and a sharp reminder from Emmanuel Macron that peace in Gaza could define his legacy.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz weighs in on the mishaps that happened to President Donald Trump at the U.N. General Assembly on ‘Kudlow.’

The Kremlin on Wednesday rejected the central arguments for U.S. President Donald Trump's rhetorical U-turn on the war in Ukraine, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warning the UN General Assembly that Russia's invasion has led to "the most destructive arms race in history.

Trump has been in New York City to attend the United Nations High Level week, during which leaders from around the world gather and address the General Assembly and their peers. Trump gave his own address earlier this week, followed by meetings with the leaders of Arab nations, with whom the president shared his plan for Gaza resettlement.