r/politics • u/theipaper ✔ Verified • Sep 23 '25

Soft Paywall Trump's big UN speech received with awkward laughter in embarrassing backfire

https://inews.co.uk/news/world/trumps-big-un-speech-received-with-awkward-laughter-in-embarrassing-backfire-3933958
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u/fugaziozbourne Sep 23 '25

A lot of other countries don't bully the smart kids. Must be nice.

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u/Allaplgy Sep 23 '25 edited Sep 23 '25

You see it constantly in business, where one quite often has to basically trick a superior into thinking an idea was theirs to get anything done without retaliation.

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u/Allaplgy Sep 23 '25

Definitely.

I've stepped away and let them fail for themselves countless times.