After more than five decades at the forefront of United States foreign policy, President Joe Biden may have hoped to use his speech to over a hundred world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly in New York to burnish both his own legacy and the country’s leadership on the world stage.

President Joe Biden will deliver his final address to the United Nations as escalating tensions in the Middle East threaten any hope of peace before the end of his term. The president will defend the accomplishments of his four years in office when he speaks before the General Assembly on Tuesday,