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WiVoter

(1,473 posts)
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 10:59 AM 21 hrs ago

OMG He's Nuts, Melting Down

Addressing the UN, telling them how shitty they are. Repeating bullshit about President Biden, "ending 7 wars," repeatedly lying about climate change, calling it a "hoax ", etc. I wonder if he's winging it & didn't get the pre-written speech from Miller/Goebbels?

Edited to add he's saying how he promotes free speech here. What the fuck?


The reporting on this should be interesting.

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OMG He's Nuts, Melting Down (Original Post) WiVoter 21 hrs ago OP
MSM will not report the truth. OLDMDDEM 21 hrs ago #1
Never, they will report the speech Miller and Heritage wrote for the occasion LiberalArkie 19 hrs ago #33
They'll say his teleprompter malfunctioned. sop 14 hrs ago #69
You have to wonder if that was a mistake MadameButterfly 18 min ago #80
How long has he been droning on? Ghost of Tom Joad 21 hrs ago #2
Maybe he's going for the Fidel Castro Award Hekate 20 hrs ago #17
Fortunately, the View went back on live with Kamala Harris... Jrose 19 hrs ago #34
Christianity is the most persecuted religion on the planet. milestogo 21 hrs ago #3
Happy New Year 5785! BidenRocks 19 hrs ago #47
He is not familiar with Christianity mgardener 15 hrs ago #68
Can't wait for Thom Hartmann to comment on it. One hour to go. no_hypocrisy 21 hrs ago #4
Me too, gab13by13 21 hrs ago #8
Exactly what I do. Katinfl 20 hrs ago #28
👋 Native 19 hrs ago #41
Shut the fuck up!! walkingman 21 hrs ago #5
I think the bdamomma 20 hrs ago #15
Agree. I started yelling at tv, so turned to music. The lies..... txwhitedove 20 hrs ago #19
Actual video of meltdown milestogo 21 hrs ago #6
Wish This Could Be Done With Certain AI Modifications WiVoter 21 hrs ago #9
Here's A Little Black And White I Came Across😁 MayReasonRule 20 hrs ago #16
If only... GiqueCee 20 hrs ago #20
The term 'melting down' would seem to imply that he is beyond all hope of continued function at any level. Aristus 21 hrs ago #7
Technically, nuclear meltdowns go on and on and on too - the spent fuel is toxic for centuries! Moostache 20 hrs ago #25
Racism bdamomma 12 hrs ago #71
Only on ABC where i live thomski64 21 hrs ago #10
Attendees are probably rolling their eyes so hard they're getting stuck in the back of their heads. Ocelot II 21 hrs ago #11
I think you mean hippo The Madcap 20 hrs ago #14
But the United States Supreme Court..... Lovie777 21 hrs ago #12
Severely mentally ill and chronic drug abuser with dementia. Irish_Dem 20 hrs ago #13
With Couchhumper Napoleon Adolf McTheiss Jr ready and waiting in the wings. Kid Berwyn 20 hrs ago #18
Yes, but will we survive it or get voted off? pandr32 20 hrs ago #21
We have not reached the end of the story yet. Irish_Dem 20 hrs ago #22
How did it come to this? Aussie105 9 hrs ago #74
I hope someday we will study how the US was destroyed. And why. Irish_Dem 1 hr ago #79
He's trying to stoke the neoNazis in Europe to anti-immigrant hatred and fear jmbar2 20 hrs ago #23
This. 58Sunliner 19 hrs ago #42
+1 leftstreet 19 hrs ago #45
I completely missed NJCher 20 hrs ago #24
You don't need to put yourself through that. maxsolomon 20 hrs ago #27
that's why I missed it NJCher 20 hrs ago #30
Lasted about 1 minute, if that, before I turned the TV OFF. ReRe 19 hrs ago #39
It will be available on CSpan. yellow dahlia 18 hrs ago #51
Can't watch, heart won't take it. Especially knowing 50 million MAGA Eliot Rosewater 20 hrs ago #26
Not watching it JustAnotherGen 20 hrs ago #29
that's why most of us have given up on U.S. media NJCher 19 hrs ago #37
The coverage is nowhere near as sa itized as that. ShazzieB 18 hrs ago #57
This is refreshing JustAnotherGen 11 hrs ago #72
Someone, call the white coats! sakabatou 20 hrs ago #31
Exactly WiVoter 19 hrs ago #35
I forced myself to listen to the entire thing and this guy is totally out of his mind. If his goal was to Vinca 19 hrs ago #32
mahogany walls! NJCher 19 hrs ago #43
See post 52 niyad 18 hrs ago #56
The walls would be wired for Putin RainCaster 18 hrs ago #50
So true. But see post 52. niyad 18 hrs ago #58
You are not joking about his UN construction whine? I just checked. It niyad 18 hrs ago #52
Maybe he was talking about a remodel. I wasn't kidding. I swear. Vinca 17 hrs ago #59
He says so many bizarre, insane things, it is very difficult to keep up. I pity niyad 15 hrs ago #63
I just looked. There was a major renovation done from 2008-2014. There niyad 15 hrs ago #65
this is great! NJCher 17 hrs ago #60
Ironic he criticizes the UN for not stopping conflicts House of Roberts 19 hrs ago #36
He probably doesn't even know that. MorbidButterflyTat 15 hrs ago #64
I was in heaven sitting in the Bureau of Motor Vehicles of Maine Submariner 19 hrs ago #38
And still the NYT can't bring themselves to report that he's LYING! tonekat 19 hrs ago #40
NYT afraid of being sued, again? thought crime 7 hrs ago #78
I'd call it a bomb, but bombs go off and this just droned on and on and on. Texin 19 hrs ago #44
If I Rebl2 19 hrs ago #46
He's a lying snake who makes things up. hadEnuf 18 hrs ago #48
His efforts at diplomacy is akin to playing tennis with a flat bowling ball. Ping Tung 18 hrs ago #49
What's the audience doing? C_U_L8R 18 hrs ago #53
They triggered him. The escalator stopped the second he stepped on it and the teleprompter stopped underpants 18 hrs ago #54
He sounds drunk Clouds Passing 17 hrs ago #61
And What Was That Shit About A Teleprompter? WiVoter 17 hrs ago #62
More of this public humiliation, please. Joinfortmill 18 hrs ago #55
If only we had a functional government. Queso Delicioso 15 hrs ago #66
Today, Sep 23, 2025, . . . AverageOldGuy 15 hrs ago #67
to be fair Skittles 9 hrs ago #73
It's the drip, drip, drip of the Epstein files dlk 14 hrs ago #70
Demented grandpa shouting at clouds. Aussie105 9 hrs ago #75
'Things that die when Trump is near' . . . Aussie105 9 hrs ago #76
But I just heard the Prime Minister of Canada saying he understands trump's frustration. (:O C Moon 8 hrs ago #77

MadameButterfly

(3,557 posts)
80. You have to wonder if that was a mistake
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 07:56 AM
18 min ago

Brilliant if it wasn't. It exposed the real Trump to the world.
Not that they didn't know, but at some point it gets so bad even the Republicans can't hide behind it.

My favorite is the 7 wars he ended, then an ever growing list of countries, including conflicts that happened well before his time. And he thinks this will fly?

Really guys, if we can't outsmart this guy it just doesn't make sense.

Jrose

(1,496 posts)
34. Fortunately, the View went back on live with Kamala Harris...
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 12:23 PM
19 hrs ago

Great counterplay following DJT's U N. Vomitathon!

milestogo

(21,845 posts)
3. Christianity is the most persecuted religion on the planet.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 11:02 AM
21 hrs ago

Not familiar with the planet or persecution are you?

gab13by13

(29,841 posts)
8. Me too,
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 11:06 AM
21 hrs ago

I rarely do morning cable news. Turm Nicolle on then when both-sider comes on, turn it off again.

Aristus

(70,921 posts)
7. The term 'melting down' would seem to imply that he is beyond all hope of continued function at any level.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 11:05 AM
21 hrs ago

You know, like a nuclear meltdown. And yet, he goes on, and on. We will never be rid of this pestilential madman, no matter how many "meltdowns" he experiences...

Moostache

(10,797 posts)
25. Technically, nuclear meltdowns go on and on and on too - the spent fuel is toxic for centuries!
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 12:01 PM
20 hrs ago

Trump is not the meltdown - that was the American right/racists reaction to the Obama presidency. Trump is the toxic waste remains that will cause harm for centuries after the fact.

bdamomma

(69,043 posts)
71. Racism
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 07:45 PM
12 hrs ago

on full display, that they could not take a Black intelligent President who was elected twice, who could complete a full sentence.

Fuck you Weak pathetic white boys.

Ocelot II

(127,315 posts)
11. Attendees are probably rolling their eyes so hard they're getting stuck in the back of their heads.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 11:13 AM
21 hrs ago

Some are probably considering calling 911 to get someone to show up with a tranquilizer gun and cart him off like a darted rhino.

Lovie777

(20,361 posts)
12. But the United States Supreme Court.....
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 11:14 AM
21 hrs ago

RW six gives shithole what he wants. Damn “we the people “.

Irish_Dem

(75,184 posts)
13. Severely mentally ill and chronic drug abuser with dementia.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 11:21 AM
20 hrs ago

And he is the most powerful man in the world with access to nukes.

This is our reality now.

Kid Berwyn

(21,984 posts)
18. With Couchhumper Napoleon Adolf McTheiss Jr ready and waiting in the wings.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 11:47 AM
20 hrs ago

Homeowners, hide your furniture.

Irish_Dem

(75,184 posts)
22. We have not reached the end of the story yet.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 11:55 AM
20 hrs ago

It is anyone's guess how this movie ends.

Aussie105

(7,239 posts)
74. How did it come to this?
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 10:39 PM
9 hrs ago

Oh, right! Voters treating politics like a football game, just hate for the other team, just blind obstinate hate.

jmbar2

(7,323 posts)
23. He's trying to stoke the neoNazis in Europe to anti-immigrant hatred and fear
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 11:57 AM
20 hrs ago

The speech is 100% baby Goebbels.

European leaders need to denounce this strongly and in unison.

maxsolomon

(37,383 posts)
27. You don't need to put yourself through that.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 12:05 PM
20 hrs ago

Go outside and pet a dog, watch some birds.

NJCher

(41,495 posts)
30. that's why I missed it
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 12:11 PM
20 hrs ago

Just substitute "cat" for "dog."

I wanted to watch it because I want to watch the rest of the world put up with what we see every. single. day.

Already (watching BBC) showing how they took it. Someone in the audience just said they saw that the U.S. seemed to be happy to hand off its leadership role.



ReRe

(11,992 posts)
39. Lasted about 1 minute, if that, before I turned the TV OFF.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 12:40 PM
19 hrs ago

He spent that minute telling his lies about how wonderful the US is doing, a warped State of the Union type spiel. I could NOT take it.

I'm so ashamed of that POS human being on the world stage.

Eliot Rosewater

(34,147 posts)
26. Can't watch, heart won't take it. Especially knowing 50 million MAGA
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 12:05 PM
20 hrs ago

If they are watching this they see absolutely nothing wrong with how he is behaving and what he is saying, they are thrilled by it and they agree with every word even though they have no clue what he’s saying.

Unless they tell their representatives to remove this person who has committed Too numerous to count felonies while in office the last seven months, we are finished😡

JustAnotherGen

(37,090 posts)
29. Not watching it
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 12:11 PM
20 hrs ago

But here's what I expect to see as headlines:

Trump was very Presidential.

Trumps gives thoughtful speech preaching unity to the UN.

UN Delegates Completely Agree that Trump Deserves a Nobel Peace Prize.


We don't have a media - we have propagandists.

NJCher

(41,495 posts)
37. that's why most of us have given up on U.S. media
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 12:36 PM
19 hrs ago

I was watching BBC and they sure as hell weren't saying anything like that.

They were questioning why he would talk about the previous administration.

They observed the U.S. has willingly given up its leadership position with the U.N.

There were other choice bits--wish I would have noted them.

ShazzieB

(21,635 posts)
57. The coverage is nowhere near as sa itized as that.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 01:59 PM
18 hrs ago

I missed the whole thing, so I went googling to find out more about it. Here are some of the headlines that came up I searched "trump un." (I did not take the time to copy and paste links, but you can probably find any of these by googling the headlines, or just google "trump un" like I did to get a sampling.)

CNN: Trump takes shots at UN, climate change and immigration policies in speech

NYT: Trump Attacks U.N. and Lectures Nations in General Assembly Speech: Live

WaPo: Trump says United Nations is not living up to its potential as he addresses organization

NBC News: Trump slams migration, green energy and failures to end wars in U.N. remarks

NY Post: Prez attacks UN leaders to their faces in speech, warns ‘your countries are going to hell’

MSBBC: With bizarre remarks at the U.N., Trump embarrasses himself and the United States

While I'm sure the coverage could more hard hitting, and some news outlets are doing a better job than others, most of the majors don't seem to be pretending this was a "normal" speech or saying nice things about it.

Vinca

(52,731 posts)
32. I forced myself to listen to the entire thing and this guy is totally out of his mind. If his goal was to
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 12:15 PM
19 hrs ago

terrify the world, mission accomplished. Honestly. Blah, blah, blah, every possible gripe including a new one about if he hadn't lost the construction contract on the UN building, they'd now have mahogany walls. Then there were the old standards - windmills bad, oil good - and an odd focus on immigration into European countries. Apparently, Dear Leader is afraid they aren't going to be white enough or something if they let it continue. Why guys with straitjackets hadn't shown up by the end of it, I'll never know.

niyad

(127,392 posts)
52. You are not joking about his UN construction whine? I just checked. It
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 01:29 PM
18 hrs ago

would have been quite a feat for him to get the construction contract, since it was started when he was TWO (1948), and finished when he was FIVE (1951).

niyad

(127,392 posts)
63. He says so many bizarre, insane things, it is very difficult to keep up. I pity
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 04:31 PM
15 hrs ago

the staff at The Onion.

niyad

(127,392 posts)
65. I just looked. There was a major renovation done from 2008-2014. There
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 04:41 PM
15 hrs ago

is also, and my guess is that THIS is what he is fuming about, another renovation that began in the 2nd quarter of this year, projected completion some time in 2027.

NJCher

(41,495 posts)
60. this is great!
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 03:01 PM
17 hrs ago

I would like to get this in front of every U.N. rep who was there.

House of Roberts

(6,249 posts)
36. Ironic he criticizes the UN for not stopping conflicts
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 12:31 PM
19 hrs ago

when the US vetoes everything the Security Council proposes.

Submariner

(13,132 posts)
38. I was in heaven sitting in the Bureau of Motor Vehicles of Maine
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 12:40 PM
19 hrs ago

whoever thought the BMV could beat out Cankles McTrump in entertainment value.

Next time your depressed and Cankles is on the TeeVee, go re-register your car. Yoiu'll feel better for it. I do!

tonekat

(2,360 posts)
40. And still the NYT can't bring themselves to report that he's LYING!
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 12:43 PM
19 hrs ago

"False Claims" is so watered down.

Well it's not like the Times allows comments on Trump much, anyway.

Rebl2

(16,994 posts)
46. If I
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 01:00 PM
19 hrs ago

were those attending, I think I would walk out after about ten minutes of listening to the LIES!

C_U_L8R

(48,126 posts)
53. What's the audience doing?
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 01:35 PM
18 hrs ago

The raging orange polyp is probably trying to goad them into booing… so he can have his social media precious.
Hope they only give him complete silence.

underpants

(193,119 posts)
54. They triggered him. The escalator stopped the second he stepped on it and the teleprompter stopped
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 01:36 PM
18 hrs ago

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WiVoter

(1,473 posts)
62. And What Was That Shit About A Teleprompter?
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 03:05 PM
17 hrs ago

I was thinking he sounded like it was spontaneous, unhinged, fucked up. A teleprompter mishap might explain it.

Queso Delicioso

(103 posts)
66. If only we had a functional government.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 04:44 PM
15 hrs ago

There is no way someone like this wouldn't have already been declared incompetent and removed from power under any kind of sane government. This is shameful. Our country is a joke.

AverageOldGuy

(2,976 posts)
67. Today, Sep 23, 2025, . . .
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 04:52 PM
15 hrs ago

. . . the United States of America officially became an international joke. This once proud nation, a nation that for all its faults was a power for good in the world, today became a pariah, something to be avoided and ignored.

One ignorant, stupid, demented, angry old man did it to us. Just one man and one speech.

dlk

(12,957 posts)
70. It's the drip, drip, drip of the Epstein files
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 06:05 PM
14 hrs ago

Every day, his crimes are that much closer to being revealed. Clearly, it's too much for him and he's falling apart on the world stage.

Aussie105

(7,239 posts)
75. Demented grandpa shouting at clouds.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 10:41 PM
9 hrs ago

What is he so afraid of?

Well, actually, any one or more of a dozen things.

And in the background . . . "all the colored girls sing doo doo doo" . . . but for some reason it sounds like 'release the Epstein files!' to grandpa.

Donny, take a walk on the wild side! Change your diaper, release those files!

Aussie105

(7,239 posts)
76. 'Things that die when Trump is near' . . .
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 11:10 PM
9 hrs ago

Add escalators and teleprompters to that list.

If that is not accidental, it's rather subtle. But effective.

C Moon

(13,188 posts)
77. But I just heard the Prime Minister of Canada saying he understands trump's frustration. (:O
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 11:51 PM
8 hrs ago
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