"But Trump delivered a long and humiliating rant, filled with personal grievances and attacks on the UN, European leaders, migration policies and clean energy. Trump set a low bar with his often rambling and incoherent campaign speeches, but it was still an embarrassing performance for the US president on the global stage. In his past appearances before the general assembly, Trump generally stuck to his prepared remarks and did not hector US allies sitting in the audience. But this was Trump unfiltered and unleashed as"
"he has been since the start of his second term, with no domestic or international restraint on his power and no need for even the mildest diplomatic niceties. Early in his speech, Trump complained that his teleprompter had malfunctioned and that a UN escalator had stalled when he and the first lady, Melania Trump, stepped on it on Tuesday morning. These are the two things I got from the United Nations: a bad escalator and a bad teleprompter, Trump joked, drawing laughs from the audience."
Donald Trump spent nearly an hour at the UN General Assembly delivering a rambling, humiliating rant filled with personal grievances and attacks on the UN, European leaders, migration policies and clean energy. He departed from earlier restrained appearances and hectoring allies, instead speaking unfiltered and unleashed after the start of his second term, showing no domestic or international restraint and dispensing with diplomatic niceties. Early in the speech he joked about a malfunctioning teleprompter and a stalled UN escalator. He renewed a long-standing grudge about being denied the chance to rebuild the UN's New York headquarters, recalling a $500m bid and promising marble and mahogany.
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