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Annnnnnnd batting first since 1946, your opening speaker Brazilllllllllll #UNGA 
Imagine the State of the Union without the applause lines. Now imagine that roughly 175 times. That's the General Debate most years. #UNGA
Trump has rolled into UNHQ and gave a few words to reporters at entrance. He'll be up on deck as soon as Temer finishes speaking. #UNGA
🚨 TRUMP IN THE ON DECK CHAIR 🚨
...I'm already starting to get the feeling Trump is going to be very unnerved by the lack of applause in the GA Hall #UNGA
Today in "Pictures That Are Real"
Trump calls out "rogue regimes represented in this body" that threaten the world, speaking mostly about Iran and DPRK #UNGA
Trump says UN members must all "respect the interests of their own people and their rights of every other sovereign nation" #UNGA
Trump, in speech by Stephen Miller, leans on idea of "strong sovereign nations" that cooperate but are independent #UNGA
"The greatest in our Constitution are the first three, beautiful words: they are we the People" - Trump at #UNGA
"I was elected not to take power but to give power to the American people, where it belongs" - Trump #UNGA
Trump gets first applause when he says "you as the leaders of your countries should always put your countries first" #UNGA
(That's not necessarily great: it's pretty much the position of Russia and China on most issues at the UN #UNGA)
Trump speech praises that after WWII that US did not "impose our way of life" on others: a rejection of democracy promotion? #UNGA
"We must reject threats to sovereignty from Ukraine to the South China Sea" - Trump #UNGA
"The scourge of our planet today is a small group of rogue regimes that rejects every principle on which the UN is based" - Trump #UNGA
Trump calls out by name "the depraved regime in North Korea," which feels like a leap from normal UN speeches #UNGA
Trump ramping up as he talks about North Korea, really getting heated, calls it an outrage that nations would trade with them #UNGA
Trump: US if forced "will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea. Rocket Man is on a suicide mission for himself" #UNGA
$5 says that North Korea in a right of reply calls out the US for violating the UN Charter by threatening the DPRK #UNGA
I almost didn't notice when Trump shifted from talking about North Korea to Iran, his tone is still super hot #UNGA
Applause at Trump saying Iran can't be allowed to build a nuclear weapon. (Not in the room, but betting that was Israeli delegation) #UNGA
This speech gives me "What if the Axis of Evil speech, but at the UN" vibes #UNGA
"We will stop radical Islamic terrorism because we cannot allow it to tear up our nation and indeed to tear up the entire world" #UNGA
Syrian UN delegate listening to Trump talk about Syria's use of chemical weapons against civilians
"Out of the goodness of our hearts, we offer financial assistance" to countries hosting refugees as close to home as possible #UNGA
Trump does say that if the UN lived up to its ideals, US investment would "be well worth it" #UNGA
Trump now calling out "corrupt destabilizing regime in Cuba" and Maduro regime in Venezuela. He's just out here naming names all day #UNGA
Trump says socialism, as in Venezuela, has produced "poverty and misery everywhere it has tried" #UNGA
"We call for the full restoration of democracy and political freedoms in Venezuela" Trump says to applause #UNGA
"The problem isn't that socialism has been poorly implemented, but that it has been faithfully implemented" ...much less applause #unga
Trump's view of WWII: "Those that fought against evil, also fought for the nations that they loved" #UNGA
Trump on main question countries face: "Do we love our nations enough to protect their sovereignty to take ownership of their future?" #UNGA
"We will fight together, sacrifice together, and stand together for peace, for freedom, for justice, for family, for humanity" and God #UNGA
