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World leaders laugh at Trump as he boasts about accomplishments in UN speech

The president said he ‘didn’t expect that reaction.’

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The UNGA laughed at President Donald Trump's remarks on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump repeatedly says “the world is laughing at us” when bashing his political rivals or ideas that go against his agenda.

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On Tuesday, some of the world’s most prominent leaders actually laughed at him.

Trump, speaking before the United Nations General Assembly today, began his speech by patting his administration on the back, touting the fight against the so-called Islamic State and America’s economy, among other things.

“In less than two years, my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country,” the president began, hearing rumbles of laughter.

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“America is–so true,” he said, smiling and pausing for more laughter from the General Assembly. “Didn’t expect that reaction, but that’s OK.”

The crowd clapped, and laughed harder, after Trump’s quip.

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Trump has, in the past, warned that the country needed a president who was not “a laughing stock to the entire World” in a 2014 tweet, referring to former President Barack Obama.

“We need a President who isn’t a laughing stock to the entire World. We need a truly great leader, a genius at strategy and winning. Respect!” Trump wrote.

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Given the laughing that occurred on Tuesday, the president’s old tweet quickly made the rounds online.

Even former Vice Presidential candidate Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) got in on the joke.

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The laughing was quite a contrast to last year, when the president threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea during his speech to the United Nations.  Since then, Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un held a summit and signed an agreement that aims to denuclearize the Korean peninsula.

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Of course, the visual of world leaders laughing at the president’s claims caught the eye of people on Twitter.

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