UN audience laughs when Trump boasts of achievements

[Formerly Once-Ler]

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/408260-un-audience-laughs-when-trump-boasts-of-achievements

An audience of world leaders at the United Nations laughed on Tuesday when President Trump boasted of his achievements during his time in office.

"In less than two years, my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country," Trump said, opening his address to the U.N. General Assembly.

Audience members then began chuckling and the laughs grew louder when Trump said "so true."

Trump smiled and paused, then responded: "I didn't expect that reaction but that's OK."

Video and more at link

[dfwgator]

And the UN has accomplished.......?

[TomSea]

And Trump laughed their reaction off as well, good natured back and forth from what I saw.

[dfwgator]

Oh, wait, I did find one UN "accomplishment"....

FORMER SENIOR UNITED NATIONS OFFICIAL FACING PEDOPHILIA CHARGES IN NEPAL

https://www.newsweek.com/former-senior-united-nations-official-facing-pedophilia-charges-nepal-876783

[truth_seeker]

Just the right headline, to attract a
Usual Trump Obsessed Suspect.

[TomSea]

I read elsewhere and hey folks, we have had administrations that defeated the Nazis, Imperial Japan, brought down the Iron Curtain and landed on the moon. It's a team effort. I heard someone say this, and it's really no great slam on Trump... I watched the video.

Lighten up..... you know how the rest goes.

[Right_in_Virginia]

They weren't laughing at the end of it.   

[Right_in_Virginia]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cPfh0hBPwA

[jmyrlefuller]

It's the same audience that applauded socialist despot Hugo Chavez calling America Satan and claiming Bush smelled of sulfur.

[Frank Cannon]

They weren't laughing at the end of it.   

Yeah. They are used to the likes of Bush and Obama kneeling and servicing them during these speeches.

Trump did an awesome job punching them in the face for being the phonies they all are.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Yeah. They are used to the likes of Bush and Obama kneeling and servicing them during these speeches.

Trump did an awesome job punching them in the face for being the phonies they all are.

And he basically held up our checkbook and told them the new requirements for seeing a check.

[libertybele]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cPfh0hBPwA

Thanks for the video.  Great speech and I heard President Trump say several times that we will protect our sovereignty.  Can I get an 'amen' on that one?

[mirraflake]

Can't wait until Islam takes over Europe. Won't feel sorry for them in the least.

[Absalom]

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/408260-un-audience-laughs-when-trump-boasts-of-achievements

Video and more at link

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More hilarious is the descriptive 'World Leaders' which conjures up
Alexander, Julius Caesar, Charlemagne, Cromwell, Napoleon,
Von Bismarck among many.

[Frank Cannon]

Can't wait until Islam takes over Europe. Won't feel sorry for them in the least.

Dude. It already took over. Look around. The stupid Limeys are jailing people for just taking pictures of filthy muslims. Let that sink in.

[libertybele]

Can't wait until Islam takes over Europe. Won't feel sorry for them in the least.

I for one don't wish for a continued Islamic population explosion in any region. 

[Right_in_Virginia]

Full Transcript: Donald Trump at the United Nations General Assembly
“The United States will not tell you how to live or work or worship,” the president said. “We only ask that you honor our sovereignty in return.”
The Atlantic, Sep 25, 2018

[...]

We are also standing up for the world. This is great news for our citizens and for peace-loving people everywhere. We believe that when nations respect the rights of their neighbors and defend the interests of their people, they can better work together to secure the blessings of safety, prosperity, and peace. Each of us here today is the emissary of a distinct culture, a rich history, and a people bound together by ties of memory, tradition, and the values that make our homelands like nowhere else on Earth. That is why America will always choose independence and cooperation over global governance, control, and domination. I honor the right of every nation in this room to pursue its own customs, beliefs, and traditions. The United States will not tell you how to live or work or worship. We only ask that you honor our sovereignty in return.

[...]

This year, we took another significant step forward in the Middle East in recognition of every sovereign state to determine its own capital. I moved the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. The United States is committed to a future of peace and stability in the region, including peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians. That aim is advanced, not harmed, by acknowledging the obvious facts. America’s policy of principled realism means that we will not be held hostage to old dogmas, discredited ideologies, and so-called experts who have been proven wrong, over the years, time and time again.

This is true, not only in matters of peace, but in matters of prosperity. We believe that trade must be fair and reciprocal. The United States will not be taken advantage of any longer. For decades, the United States opened its economy, the largest by far on Earth, with few conditions. We allowed foreign goods from all over the world to flow freely across our borders. Yet other countries did not grant us free and reciprocal access to their markets in return. Even worse, some countries abused their openness to dump their products, subsidize their goods, target our industries, and manipulate their currencies to gain unfair advantage over our country. As a result, our trade deficit ballooned to nearly $800 billion a year. For this reason, we are systematically renegotiating broken and bad trade deals. Last month, we announced a groundbreaking U.S.-Mexico trade agreement.

Just yesterday, I stood with President Moon to announce the successful completion of the brand-new U.S.-Korea trade deal. This is just the beginning. Many nations in this hall will agree that the world trading system is in dire need of change. For example, countries were admitted to the World Trade Organization that violate every single principle on which the organization is based. While the United States and many other nations played by the rules, these countries use government-run industrial planning and state-owned enterprises to rig the system in their favor. They engaged in relentless product dumping, forced technology transfer, and the theft of intellectual property. The United States lost over 3 million manufacturing jobs, nearly a quarter of all steel jobs, and 60,000 factories after China joined the WTO. We have racked up $13 trillion in trade deficits over the last two decades.

But those days are over. We will no longer tolerate such abuse. We will no longer allow our workers to be victimized, our companies to be cheated, and our wealth to be plundered and transferred. America will never apologize for protecting its citizens. The United States has just announced tariffs on another $200 billion in Chinese-made goods, for a total so far of $250 billion. I have great respect and affection for my friend President Xi, but I have made clear that our trade imbalance is just not acceptable. China’s market distortions and the way they deal cannot be tolerated.

As my administration has demonstrated, America will always act in our national interests. I spoke before this body last year and warned that the UN Human Rights Council had become a grave embarrassment to this institution, shielding egregious human-rights abusers while bashing America and its many friends. Our ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, laid out a clear agenda for reform, but despite reported and repeated warnings, no action at all was taken. So the United States took the only responsible course: We withdrew from the Human Rights Council and we will not return until real reform is enacted.

For similar reasons, the United States will provide no support and recognition to the International Criminal Court. As far as America is concerned, the ICC has no jurisdiction, no legitimacy, and no authority. The ICC claims near-universal jurisdiction over the citizens of every country, violating all principles of justice, fairness, and due process. We will never surrender America’s sovereignty to an unelected, unaccountable global bureaucracy. America is governed by Americans. We reject the ideology of globalism, and we embrace the doctrine of patriotism. Around the world, responsible nations must defend against threats to sovereignty not just from global governance, but also from new forms of coercion and domination.

[...]

As for Americans, we know what kind of future we want for ourselves. We know what kind of a nation America must always be. In America, we believe in the majesty of freedom and the dignity of the individual. We believe in self-government and the rule of law. We prize the culture that sustains our liberty, a culture built on strong families, deep faith, and fierce independence. We celebrate our heroes, we treasure our traditions, and, above all, we love our country. Inside everyone in this great chamber today, and everyone listening all around the globe, there is the heart of a patriot that feels the same powerful love for your nation, the same intense loyalty to your homeland, the passion that burns in the hearts of patriots and the souls of nations has inspired reform and revolution, sacrifice and selflessness, scientific breakthroughs and magnificent works of art.

Our task is not to erase it, but to embrace it—to build with it, to draw on its ancient wisdom, and to find within it the will to make our nations greater, our regions safer, and the world better. To unleash this incredible potential in our people, we must defend the foundations that make it all possible. Sovereign and independent nations are the only vehicle where freedom has ever survived, democracy has ever endured, or peace has ever prospered. And so we must protect our sovereignty and our cherished independence above all. When we do, we will find new avenues for cooperation unfolding before us. We will find new passion for peacemaking rising within us. We will find new purpose, new resolve, and new spirit flourishing all around us, and making this a more beautiful world in which to live.  [...]


More:  https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/09/trump-unga-transcript-2018/571264/

[DCPatriot]

They weren't laughing at the end of it.   

 

[Right_in_Virginia]

Thanks for the video.  Great speech and I heard President Trump say several times that we will protect our sovereignty.  Can I get an 'amen' on that one?

I posted a link to and some outtakes from the transcript of the speech.

It's so wonderful to have a pro-America, fearlessly pro-America, President.   

@libertybele

[libertybele]

I posted a link to and some outtakes from the transcript of the speech.

It's so wonderful to have a pro-America, fearlessly pro-America, President.   

@libertybele

On that RIV, you and I absolutely agree.  He is making America respected again.

[andy58-in-nh]

"Each of us here today is the emissary of a distinct culture, a rich history, and a people bound together by ties of memory, tradition, and the values that make our homelands like nowhere else on Earth. That is why America will always choose independence and cooperation over global governance, control, and domination. I honor the right of every nation in this room to pursue its own customs, beliefs, and traditions. The United States will not tell you how to live or work or worship. We only ask that you honor our sovereignty in return."

Just....wow.  That is a message perfectly designed to encourage all of the right people, while infuriating all of the rotten ones.

[libertybele]

"Each of us here today is the emissary of a distinct culture, a rich history, and a people bound together by ties of memory, tradition, and the values that make our homelands like nowhere else on Earth. That is why America will always choose independence and cooperation over global governance, control, and domination. I honor the right of every nation in this room to pursue its own customs, beliefs, and traditions. The United States will not tell you how to live or work or worship. We only ask that you honor our sovereignty in return."

Just....wow.  That is a message perfectly designed to encourage all of the right people, while infuriating all of the rotten ones.

Yeppers ... and he asked that they honor our  'sovereignty', I love it!   

[Emjay]

Thanks for the video.  Great speech and I heard President Trump say several times that we will protect our sovereignty.  Can I get an 'amen' on that one?

Amen.  It always amazes me what a great speech Trump can make when it's needed, and this was masterful.  He put America first without downgrading other nations but made it clear we will demand fairness in trade and compliance with peace practices.

[libertybele]

Amen.  It always amazes me what a great speech Trump can make when it's needed, and this was masterful.  He put America first without downgrading other nations but made it clear we will demand fairness in trade and compliance with peace practices.

Definitely a breath a fresh air and a welcome break from the Ford/Kavanaugh issue.  I'd much rather listen to something positive than focusing on the crap being thrown from the left.

[DCPatriot]

It's the greatest speech he's ever made!   

I love the man!