‘Like a sleep-deprived hostage’: Internet mocks low-energy Trump's 'utterly bizarre' UN address

‘Like a sleep-deprived hostage’: Internet mocks low-energy Trump's 'utterly bizarre' UN address
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Matthew Chapman
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September 24, 2019

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump took the podium to deliver a deeply ideological address at the United Nations General Assembly.

As the president spoke, commenters on social media expressed their shock at his bizarre attacks on immigrant rights groups, his alleged use of white nationalist dog whistles, and his apparent desire to antagonize every other country he could think of.

A few other commentators noted his general lack of energy and slurred speech, and the fact that even members of Trump’s own Cabinet appeared unable to sit through all of this:

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