President Trump was scheduled to give a speech to the U.N. General Assembly today. When he and Melania arrived the local staff turned off power to the escalator they were going to take. Then they spooked the P.A. system and the teleprompter was balky. Did he throw a fit and refuse to speak? Not he.
Instead he scrapped his 15 minute teleprompter speech and gave them a 50+ minute off-the-cuff speech about how they were screw-ups, were making a potentially good organization into a joke and a failure, and how they had to stop the massive illegal immigration that is destroying their nations. Along the way he said Ukraine might well take back all the territory now occupied by Russia, and how they had to give up green power (wind, solar) as it was destroying their economies.
He did all of this in a measured, calm voice that hid any irritation he felt at the petty harassment upon his arrival. I'm sure the assembled multitudes hated nearly every word spoken, and deserved being told off by him. Nobody was laughing, that's for sure.
Later ... The Wall Street Journal concludes their report on Trump's speech to the UNGA thusly.
In 2017 the U.N. delegates laughed at Mr. Trump’s General Assembly remarks, but not this time. If they were honest with themselves, at least some of them would admit that he has the place nailed.
