Donald Trump on Tuesday, brought laughter to the UN General Assembly leaders as he told them about all his accomplishments.
While delivering his address to the annual gathering of UN heads of state, Trump began in the hyperbolic style of a domestic campaign as he boasted of his record.
“In less than two years, my administration has achieved more than any administration in the history of our country,” Trump boasted, little more than a month before US congressional elections.
International dignitaries started to laugh, Trump interrupted his speech and insisted, “So true.” It wasn’t all a laughing matter, though, as the US president vowed to cut aid to countries who aren’t his country’s ‘friends’.
Trump smiled and said, and he said he didn’t expect such a reaction, while laughter could be heard as he spoke. He proceeded to speak about low US unemployment before proceeding with the rest speech.
Trump urged international pressure against Iran, after he annoyed European allies by withdrawing from an agreement on curbing Tehran’s nuclear program, and lashed out at the OPEC cartel over oil prices and China over the imbalance in trade.
Light moments such as this, are extremely unusual in the UN General Assembly because it adheres to a strict protocol in which each world leader is escorted to the rostrum to address issues of the day.
In 2015, Zimbabwe’s former president, who was 91 years at the time – Robert Mugabe was met with laughter when he shouted “We are not gays!,” part of his long-standing insistence that homosexuality is non-African.
Even as president,
Even as an alleged billionaire,
The world laughs at Donald Trump.
As much as he denies it, the one thing he's always wanted and will never get is respect from the global elite.
Watch how he squirms with shame as the world's leaders laugh in his face.#UNGA pic.twitter.com/IE1v1JX3Ki
— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) September 25, 2018
