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US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump says the United Nations wasn’t laughing at him when he boasted about his government’s successes during a speech to world diplomats. They were just sharing a “good time”.
“We had fun,” he told journalists in New York.
“They weren’t laughing at me, they were laughing with me,” he said. “People had a good time with me.”
The incident took place during Trump’s speech to the annual UN General Assembly.
Trump had launched into what sounded more like a campaign speech ahead of November’s congressional elections, boasting in trademark fashion of how “in less than two years my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country.”
Assembled global dignitaries started to chuckle.
Trump then interrupted his prepared remarks and insisted, “So true,” at which the laughter became audible.
Trump smiled and said, “I didn’t expect that reaction, but that’s okay.”
Headlines quickly emerged about the world laughing at Trump. But yesterday, Trump said he had simply connected with an audience not known for levity – “people who aren’t big into clapping, applauding, smiling.”
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Ah Don, just keep telling yourself that.
You a laughing stock, and how frightening is that?
@Tony Gordon: in fairness he handled it well on the spot and his spin is good. Amb. Haley was on Fox spinning it incredibly well to his base. Still a pretty low moment for the US on the world stage from an objective perspective.
@Kevin O’Donnell: fox news edited out the laughing and His comments
@AlanH -AFC: to be fair the laughing lasted a couple of seconds at the start and I believe that was it.
@AlanH -AFC: they were laughing with me at me – I always get the best laughs , huge laughs
No sorry, they most definitely were laughing at you, along with the rest of us, I was laughing at his statement & couldn’t quite believe when they all started doing the same, it was priceless! :-)
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
comments closed on the bankers pay story is very FG of the journal
Dear god, I forced myself to watch the entire press conference. There can not be a single American citizen who watched his shocking performance wondering is this man unhinged. It was extraordinary even by his standards, absolutely bizzare
@Joseph Dempsey: agreed. I am beginning to wonder is it on the onset of dementia. Bizarre.
@Joseph Dempsey:
Dear America, please cop yourselves on by the next election. It was entertaining but now it’s boring.
Yours, The rest of the world
@Joseph Dempsey: indeed. One highlight was calling the reporter from Kurdistan “Mr Kurd”
A dribbling embarrassment of a man.
@Joseph Dempsey: trump has a thick skin, that how hw handles everything, he’s still stuck as an even year old bully
@Skybloo: and dangerous…
@Joseph Dempsey: he will get a second term. And rightly so
I was saying Booo-urns
@Yzo Sirrius:
Beat me to it
@Yzo Sirrius: Ah crap, I posted this then saw your one, can’t delete :(
@Football in the Groin: haha…no worries, great minds/fools seldom, and all that :)
@Yzo Sirrius: Brilliant. I can almost picture Trump’s advisors hurriedly whispering “no no no Mr President, they’re laughing *with*” you!” Mr Smithers-style.
No Don, they were laughing “at you”.
@John Martin: or perhaps not laughing AT him but …. in his general direction?
A man completely adrift, lost in a sea of narcissist personality and lack of self awareness.
Were they, yeah?
It’s laughable that he has to clarify the laughing.
This man is so full of himself, he has no idea how totally absurd he is. Given how so caught up he is in his own bs, he is probably a doddle to play…
this provides an opportunity for more responsible leaders/ politicians to steer the US away from the precipice. But equally sinister, self interested ones can take advantage….
Nearly 2 yrs into his time, the latter seem to have the upper hand (dismantling Obamacare etc) but maybe not totally.
@Shane: Try this: he *wants* to look like a doddle to play? I strongly dislike his policies, but he does seem to he getting a few things that he promised, done. It’s unlikely that anyone who gets to the POTAS position is an imbecile.
@George Salter: what things?
He’s so shameless, it’s impressive.
Next year they should clap and cheer (ironically) his every sentence… He’d love it.
Donald Chump.
Fox news edits out laughter at Numpty and all other Real News stations show it as Numpty says “I wasn’t expecthing that” this Sob is a real piece of work.
“We need a President who isn’t a laughing stock to the entire World. We need a truly great leader, a genius at strategy and winning. Respect!” Trump tweeted in 2014.
Ha ha and indeed HA!
Planet trump must be a helluva place to live
They laughed at him and also with him.I laughed at his bs.
Bozo trump
Headline should be, the Orange one is deluded.
Leader of the free world!!! Jesus wept
@Pj Berry: No one thinks that any more.
@Pj Berry: He would have If Hillary won
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Don’t worry Donald, I’m laughing with you!
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
The UN were laughing at your joke there Trump, “in less than two years, my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country… “. Bwaa Haa haaa haaaaa
Sure they were! Delusional. Also it’s handy because now if anyone asks me what we think of him here when I visit the US I can just say ‘remember when they laughed at him at the UN?’. That.
Fake news!!!!!!!
So is he now saying that the claim that caused the laughter is a joke?
I was saying Boo-urns…
“Mr. Kurd” (the reporter from Kurdistan) and the Chinese who were so “impressed with your very very big brain” had a laugh all right.
Well Don if they were laughing with you what were you laughing at?
HaHa Ha
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/09/trump-pardon-orrin-hatch-supreme-court/571285/ Orrin Hatch is against states rights now apparently
Deluded idiot.
The Trump suckers avoiding this one like the plague I see.
It’s True he has done more then any other president in such a short space of time, it must be because Americas backing Israel , there blessed. Great work america, go Israel
They weren’t laughing when he told them what he thought of this useless organisation full of free loaders and self serving con men.
Great to have Leader who tells it like it is unlike Presidents past.
They weren’t laughing when he told them straight to their face what he thought of this useless organisation full of free loaders and self serving con men.
Great to have Leader who tells it like it is unlike Presidents past.
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