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UN Audience Laughs When Trump Lists His Accomplishments

Via ZeroHedge

In an awkward moment for president Trump, the audience of world leaders at the United Nations gathered to listen to Trump’s speech laughed when the US President boasted of his accomplishment during his time in office.

“In less than two years, my administration has accomplished more than any administration in the history of our country,” Trump said, opening his address to the U.N. General Assembly. At that moment, a wave of chuckling and laughter spread across the audience, with the the laughs only growing louder when Trump said “so true.”

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Trump’s “Fiery” United Nations Speech

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by Tyler Durden
Sep 19, 2017 12:00 PM

In a speech that commentators have said “the likes of which have never been heard by a U.S. leader in the United Nations”, President Trump did not disappoint expectations that his first appearance at the UN would be a fiery, memorable affair, and while laying out his view for a “nationalist” basis to US foreign policy, focusing on state sovereignty as the framework for the “great revival of nations” and future international relations while vowing to “always put America first”, Trump slammed “the scourge of our planet which is a group of rogue regimes” listing North Korea, Iran, Venezuela, while also taking shots at Saudi Arabia and China.

In a forceful endorsement of nationalism around the world, Trump called for a “great reawakening of nations, for the revival of their spirits, their pride, their people and their patriotism.”

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