Brilliant moment UN leaders laughed at Donald Trump and you will too
Here’s United Nations leaders showing Donald Trump just the right amount of respect when he addressed them in New York on Tuesday.
By doing this.
Trump says to UNGA, "In less than two years, my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country." There's a little laughter. Trump says "so true" and there's even more laughter. (via Fox) pic.twitter.com/XHH2YQRHvu
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 25, 2018
Watch closely and you might even be able to see the moment Trump’s head goes from ‘laughing with me’ to ‘laughing at me’. Or maybe he’s just thinking ‘I wonder what’s on Fox News?’
Anyway, here are our favourite responses online.
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I can't help but wonder how Trump's pathologically narcissistic ego processed this. Public humiliation is worse than death for such types, so somewhere in his subconscious, the gears immediately ground into action, suppressing or re-interpreting this on the fly. But how? https://t.co/NTzQP5pJhI
— David Roberts (@drvox) September 25, 2018
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The UN is laughing at the United States. Way to have a world standing.
— serpent_sky (@serpent_sky) September 25, 2018
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This is the first time Trump’s had to face a crowd that wasn’t a handpicked group of MAGA sycophants or paid attendants. He starts off bragging about how his administration has accomplished more than any other, and the crowd laughs. “It’s true!” he insists, to even more laughter. https://t.co/FfkNFAO7yh
— Andrew Wortman (@AmoneyResists) September 25, 2018
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Trump is finally learning what happens when a live audience isn’t handpicked to stroke his ego. We laugh at him
— female assistant (@ljohn44) September 25, 2018
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Incredible that this is the first of his speeches that the audience has openly laughed at. MORE PLEASE https://t.co/jzWPmzG7l1
— Marina Hyde (@MarinaHyde) September 25, 2018
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Well, that is quite a moment in diplomatic history. https://t.co/MIkfGHeOdj
— Dara Ó Briain (@daraobriain) September 25, 2018
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The most troubling part of this is that he thought diplomats would take his claim of accomplishment seriously & looks genuinely surprised at the laughter. https://t.co/BkxL50i4Op
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) September 25, 2018