Watch Live: Trump Takes Global Stage At UN To Declare He Is 'Reshaping The World'

President Donald Trump is set to deliver a highly anticipated speech to the United Nations General Assembly today, set for 9:55 Eastern Time, or around 10am. He's expected to address the Iran war and the "importance of ensuring that Iran never has a nuclear weapon" - according to UN Ambassador Mike Waltz, along with a other foreign policy issues like his 20-point peace plan in Gaza, as well as recent US actions closer to home in the Western Hemisphere.

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High on everyone's mind is whether the US will engage in direct diplomacy with the Iranians on the UNGA sidelines.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the White House remains open to this.

"We’re open to that. I don’t think anything is scheduled at this point, but we’re certainly open to something like that, especially if it has the prospects of leading to something positive and ultimately achieving the goal of what this is all about," Rubio told NBC's :Today" show Tuesday morning.

"And that is the fact that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon. They just simply can’t."

A senior White House official has further previewed of Trump's speech: "He'll include many of the issues, frankly neglected by past administrations, that he’s not going to kick the can on." From there and intense, meeting-packed day will ensue, starting with:

Following his speech, Trump will join a signing ceremony with the leaders of Greenland and Denmark on an agreement that the president touted as giving the U.S. “total control” over the Arctic island’s security. Greenland and Denmark, which owns the self-governed island, framed the agreement as strengthening security and said they will need to have their parliaments ratify the terms before it goes into effect.

According to White House and UN previews of Trump's busy schedule, a series of bilateral meetings will ensue:

• First bilateral meeting: Face-to-face meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

• Second bilateral meeting: A "fulsome" meeting with Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

• Third meeting: A discussion with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

• Special event: Participation in the "Shield of the Americas" event with Latin American leaders.

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Another key meeting to be held on the sidelines will be crucial direct engagement with officials from Washington's Gulf allies, at a moment of deep wartime uncertainty lingering over the whole region. Trump has warned he could starting hitting Iran again, or else strike a deal "at any time".

Investors will be keeping an eye on US President Donald Trump’s address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, as well as his meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping later in the week. Beijing is expected to offer additional rare earth export licenses as a bargaining chip at the summit, Bloomberg News reported.

Gulf leaders are also anxious over the expanding war with the Houthis in Yemen. The Saudi coalition has over the last two weeks been beaten back rapidly, impacting overland oil transit - particularly after the East-West pipeline was hit in a drone attack - and Riyadh is looking for urgent military help from its partners. So far Trump has resisted directly joining the expanded conflict.