“And sadly, in all cases, the United Nations did not even try to help in any of them,” he said. “What is the purpose of the United Nations?” Trump asked at one point. Your countries are going to hell.”Yet after blasting the U.N. in his address, Trump struck a more supportive tone afterward in a meeting with U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres. If you come illegally into the United States, you’re going to jail or you’re going back to where you came from, or perhaps even further than that. I used to talk about, I’m going to give you marble floors, they’re going to give you terrazzo.