President Barack Obama spoke in front of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. Here are some prominent moments from the president’s address:
- Begins speech by saying, “It’d be one heck of a relief if the United States didn’t have to be such close allies with Israel. Hi, I’m Barack Obama.”
- Keeps calling it “Invited Nations”
- Insists that America is exceptional, but only because it’s an objectively better and more important country than others
- Gently ribs Sudanese delegate Daffa-Allah Elhag Ali Osman about ongoing genocide
- Addresses General Assembly in flawless English
- Takes listeners on a journey of the mind to exotic faraway land of the Middle East
- Quickly runs through recent White House staff promotions
- Long overdue admission that the United States overthrew Iran’s former regime, killed Ché Guevara, and staged September 11
- Announces raffle winners
- Keeps referring to U.S. in past tense
- Just kind of trails off at end