Gotta love those NARCISSISTs People here believe it
isn't a problem. People on other parts of the planet know it is and that it is LAUGHWORTHY. Frankly, I'm surprised he NOTICED.
People actually laughed at a president’: At U.N. speech, Trump suffers the fate he always feared
The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter’s insights
Trump’s claims of administration’s success prompt laughter at U.N.
President Trump elicited laughter at the start of his address to world leaders Sept. 25 at the U.N. General Assembly in New York. (Reuters)
By
David Nakamura
September 25 at 5:14 PM
UNITED NATIONS — President Trump has long argued that the United States has been taken advantage of by other nations — a “laughing stock to the entire World,” he said on Twitter in 2014 — and his political rise was based on the premise that he had the strength and resolve to change that.
But at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, Trump got a comeuppance on the world’s biggest stage. Delivering
a speech that aimed to establish U.S. “sovereignty” over the whims and needs of other nations, the president’s triumphant moment was marred in the first minute when he was met by laughter — at his expense.
The embarrassing exchange came when Trump boasted that his administration had accomplished more over two years than “almost any administration” in American history, eliciting audible guffaws in the cavernous chamber hall.
The president appeared startled. “Didn’t expect that reaction,” he said, “but that’s okay.”
Members of the audience chuckled again — perhaps this time in sympathy.
Trump continued his address, which lasted
an additional 34 minutes, but the moment marked a pointed rejoinder from the international community to a president who has delighted in poking traditional U.S. allies and partners in the eye on trade, security alliances and general diplomatic bonhomie.
punctured one of the core fabulist assertions of a president who has, according to Washington Post fact-checkers, made
more than 5,000 false or misleading statementssince taking office....
‘People actually laughed at a president’: At U.N. speech, Trump suffers the fate he always feared