Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

NJCher

(41,578 posts)
52. it's debatable whether everyone could hear him
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 03:47 PM
Friday

From a Guardian article:

I immediately thought to myself, “Wow, first the escalator event, and now a bad teleprompter. What kind of a place is this?’” Trump wrote. Adding insult to injury, he recounted a third alleged offense. After being forced to improvise part of his speech to the general assembly, he asked his wife how he had done, and she replied: “I couldn’t hear a word you said.”

OTOH:

However, it seemed unlikely that the audio problem was as bad as Trump made it out to be. Video showed the audience reacting immediately to what Trump was saying, including chuckling when the president declared with a hint of self-pity: “These are the two things I got from the United Nations, a bad escalator and a bad teleprompter.”

snip

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/24/trump-united-nations-triple-sabotage-escalator-teleprompter-mic

Now he's threatening conspiracy to humiliate him. If everyone had walked out, some people might think he'd genuinely been sabotaged.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

We will never live down our alliance with him. Nor should we. Scrivener7 Friday #1
Yes. Every bomb and bullet has our name on it. Grins Friday #23
I cannot agree more. paleotn Friday #27
Net En Yahoooooo should face the ultimate end ..... I cant type what i want to happen to him. Trueblue1968 Friday #49
Nut and Yahoo! wolfie001 Friday #58
Yes! The maniac must feel humiliated. Dave Bowman Friday #2
This and South Park -- Bibi's ego had a bad week mr715 Friday #9
Kyle's mum really told him! Violet_Crumble Friday #57
He is incapable of humiliation. TomSlick Friday #46
That is the best thing I've seen this week. louis-t Friday #3
Lovely to see some backbone displayed. And..I noticed the seat coverings in Ukraine's national colors 🩵💛 Deuxcents Friday #4
The world speaks. Ping Tung Friday #5
Excellent. But why didn't they do that to Trump, too? tanyev Friday #6
GMTA - my feelings exactly...nt Wounded Bear Friday #11
As much as Trump has degraded the U.S., this country still has massive economic and political influence. YodaMom2 Friday #17
You can kacekwl Friday #19
True. YodaMom2 Friday #22
Exactly what should kacekwl Friday #18
He hasn't butchered 10s of thousands of innocent people......yet. paleotn Friday #26
Remember the covid deaths? niyad Friday #31
And the ever increasing number of ICE detainees who have been disappeared! Attilatheblond Friday #33
My thoughts exactly Niyad popsdenver Friday #34
Cuts to USAid may have accomplished exactly that. eppur_se_muova Friday #50
That was my first reaction. rambler_american Saturday #60
Good malaise Friday #7
Wonderful. I wish they had done this to Trump. I think they were all too stunned travelingthrulife Friday #8
Morbid fascination, probably mr715 Friday #10
Like watching a toilet overflow. N/T tonekat Friday #40
😂 chia Friday #54
Could be they were waiting for his explaining his 180 degree turnaround over Ukraine. Wednesdays Friday #12
Rather they were waiting for him to clutch his chest and fall over. Totally Tunsie Friday #51
That might have happened, after walking up all those stairs . . . colorado_ufo Friday #53
it's debatable whether everyone could hear him NJCher Friday #52
Fantastic Beringia Friday #13
Israel should be treated like North Korea. dalton99a Friday #14
The piece of shit had to bring in people to applaud him dalton99a Friday #15
That makes sense PatSeg Friday #37
Well deserved treatment of the war criminal Netanyahu. Too bad he wasn't arrested and sent for trial. Lonestarblue Friday #16
+1. With his sociopathic need for never-ending mass murder and mayhem, nobody gives a shit about Oct 7 anymore dalton99a Friday #21
Congratulations Israel. You have become a pariah; you are now what you once condemned. Grins Friday #20
And the relig-o-nuts backing the Bibi regime. paleotn Friday #25
I had the same evolution. Raised Evangelical and taught Israel heralded the second coming to now, 40+ years later, artemisia1 Friday #44
Bibi the Butcher. paleotn Friday #24
It just shows what a joke this whole thing is JI7 Friday #28
Excellent! Fuck that genocidal maniac! Initech Friday #29
Wish they'd walk out on the Orange Fuhrer Grim Chieftain Friday #30
Wish they'd done it to Trump the other day as well. sinkingfeeling Friday #32
Should Have Done That To TACO Deep State Witch Friday #35
Looked like a nice orderly walkout Ohioboy Friday #36
Excellent! liberalla Friday #38
Putin and Netanyahu both visit the U.S. popsdenver Friday #39
Apparently his plane had to fly a very circuitous route to not go through German or French airspace. mjvpi Friday #59
MAKE OF THIS WHAT YOU WILL Jimvanhise Friday #41
When will they realize that there are Christian multigraincracker Friday #42
Well deserved and long overdue. nt moniss Friday #43
Sadly and disgracefully, DU still has some posters who are apologists for Israel's actions. /nt artemisia1 Friday #45
The world has spoken. Without saying a word. Dem2theMax Friday #47
This is what the audience should have done with Trump! nt Exp Friday #48
They should JustAnotherGen Friday #55
They did laugh at him... Violet_Crumble Friday #56
Latest Discussions»General Discussion»The massive UN walkout on...»Reply #52