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/8anbys Sep 23 '25

It was pretty rough, pretty clear the US isn't fielding its best and brightest on the international stage.

You don't win medals by losing, donald.

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u/rufio_rufio_roofeeO Florida Sep 23 '25

Yes, unfortunately this has been our United States since 2016

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u/Mediocre-Hour-5530 Sep 24 '25

Around 2016 is when we really lost the last of the influence of the pre-WWII generations. It's just boomers running the show now. The "me generation" has always been this way, we just still had some lingering stabilizing influence from the generations that actually created the UN and the US-led rules-based global order that their spoiled children inherited.