• President says: ‘We embrace the doctrine of patriotism’
  • Laughter breaks out when Trump boasts of achievements

Donald Trump urged other nations to reject globalism and embrace patriotism at a speech to the United Nations that was interrupted by derisive laughter from other world leaders.

In the course of the bombastic address, Trump highlighted the achievements of his presidency, lashed out at enemies – Iran foremost among them – and railed against multilateralism in its spiritual home, the UN general assembly (UNGA).

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We defend many of these nations for nothing, and then they take advantage of us by giving us high oil prices

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