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Peter Gleick Sep 24, 2025

Hello? Media?
The news story isn't that an escalator stopped working at the UN.
The news is Trump gave a batshit insane, lie-filled, egocentric, incoherent speech there in front of the world's leaders.

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❄️SnowyIn🇨🇦❄️Sep 24, 2025

@petergleick

Here ya go... several articles:
#1

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/trump-un-address-lies-398319/

The most laughable moments from Trump's nonsensical UN address

Trump delivered a speech to the UN General Assembly that, even by his standards, was chock-a-block with lies, nonsense and divisive vitriol.

The London Economic

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❄️SnowyIn🇨🇦❄️Sep 24, 2025

@petergleick

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-un-2674025609/

'This man is stark raving mad': Senior diplomat reacts in real-time to Trump UN speech

A senior diplomat reacted with shock as President Donald Trump was delivering his speech to the United Nations.While Trump was speaking to the General Assembly on Tuesday, Washington Post correspondent Ishaan Tharoor said he received a text message from a "senior foreign diplomat posted at the UN.""...

Raw Story

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❄️SnowyIn🇨🇦❄️Sep 24, 2025

@petergleick
#3

Opinion: Trump’s UN Address Was a Tragedy of Shakespearian Proportions

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/opinion-trump-s-un-address-was-a-tragedy-of-shakespearian-proportions/ar-AA1Nam9R

MSN

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❄️SnowyIn🇨🇦❄️Sep 24, 2025

@petergleick
#4

https://www.salon.com/2025/09/23/trumps-embarrassing-un-speech-shocks-critics/

Trump's "embarrassing" UN speech shocks critics - Salon.com

President Trump used his UN speech to call climate change a "hoax" and tell other nations they are "going to hell"

Salon.com

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❄️SnowyIn🇨🇦❄️

@petergleick

https://www.alternet.org/trump-speech-un-assembly/

'Your countries are going to hell': 6 of the wildest moments from Trump’s rambling UN speech

On Tuesday, September 23, U.S. President Donald Trump gave a rambling speech before the United Nations General Assembly. And at times, he was vehemently critical of the UN for a variety of reasons, from their immigration policies to green energy.Here are six of the wildest moments from Trump's UN sp...

Alternet.org