NEW YORK – No one laughs at Donald Trump.
The president on Wednesday dismissed as “fake news” reports that world leaders laughed at him in the opening moments of his speech to a session of the U.N. General Assembly.
“They weren’t laughing at me. They were laughing with me,” he declared at a news conference Wednesday, the day after counterparts from around the globe audibly laughed as he began the highly anticipated address by reciting U.S. economic gains under his watch.
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“We had fun. That was not laughing at me,” he said. “So the fake news said people laughed at President Trump. They didn’t laugh at me. People had a good time with me. We were doing it together. We had a good time. They respect what I’ve done.”
Trump opened Tuesday’s speech by describing the American economy as “booming like never before.”
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He also claimed his administration had accomplished more in less than two years than any predecessor had by this same point in their terms.
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Just sentences into Trump’s remarks, the audience – which included many leaders from other countries who were listening to a translation through headphones – began to chuckle. Some broke into outright laughter.
Trump appeared briefly flustered. He then smiled and said, “I didn’t expect that reaction, but that’s OK.”
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