After U.N. escalator humiliation, here’s the anatomy of a ‘Donald Trump rage cycle’ 09:00

Embarrassing U.N. escalator debacle sets off another Trump rage cycle This is what it is like to live in a country run by an insecure authoritarian bully, and we are all too familiar with it by now.

Sept. 24, 2025, 4:23 PM EDT

By Jen Psaki

This is an adapted excerpt from the Sept. 23 episode of “The Briefing with Jen Psaki.”

During an address to the U.N. General Assembly in 2018, Donald Trump said that his administration had “accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country.” In response, the crowd, full of world leaders and foreign dignitaries, broke out into laughter.

It was definitely not the reaction that a world leader hopes for when addressing

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