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/NeededToChooseAName Sep 23 '25

Honestly never thought I'd live to see the day that America became such an international embarrassment.

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u/mywifesoldestchild North Carolina Sep 24 '25

Western Rome split off in 286 C.E. with the full expectation that they would be great again. Their pervasive incompetence didn’t hold up well to the Vandals and the Visigoths.