On September 24, 2019, Donald Trump walked onto the world’s most global stage and delivered one of the defining speeches of his first presidency.

Standing before the United Nations General Assembly, Trump presented a vision that ran directly against much of the political orthodoxy associated with the institution around him. Nations, he argued, should not surrender their identities, sovereignty or interests in pursuit of an increasingly centralized global order.

Then came the line that defined the speech:

“The future does not belong to globalists. The future belongs to patriots.”

It was vintage Trump, but this was more than a campaign rally soundbite. Before an audience of presidents, prime ministers and diplomats, the sitting president of the United States made national sovereignty the centerpiece of his message.

Trump argued that strong nations need not be enemies. On the contrary, his case was that countries secure enough to defend their own traditions and interests could cooperate without demanding that everyone become the same.

The speech ranges far beyond that central argument. Trump addresses Iran, China, international trade, uncontrolled migration, religious freedom, socialism and America’s role in the world. Some passages are unmistakably products of the political battles of 2019. Others sound even more consequential when heard years later.

Whether you regard Trump as a political disruptor, a nationalist, a populist or something else entirely, watching the complete address reveals something that short clips cannot: the worldview behind the slogans.

And the setting makes it extraordinary. Trump did not travel to a nationalist conference to condemn globalism. He went to the United Nations and told the assembled leaders of the world that the nation-state still mattered.

Few political speeches of the era state their thesis with comparable confidence.

Why you’ve GOTTA.WATCH it: Because for 35 minutes at the United Nations, an American president challenged the direction of the global political order — on its own stage — and declared that the future belonged to patriots.