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... It may not be the most obvious forum for laughs, but Donald Trump managed to raise a chuckle from delegates as he took to the stage for his UN General Assembly speech on Tuesday.

Though this time it was a joke that "whoever is operating this (broken) teleprompter is in big trouble" that caused mirth, it stirred memories of his 2018 speech at the same event, when delegates laughed loudly at his claims of progress in the United States during his first term. After the early aside, the rest of Trump's 58-minute 2025 monologue was met with silence and stony faces from the assembled dignitaries and world leaders.

"People, it would seem, are taking it much more seriously. Whereas formerly it was a source of amusement when he puffed himself up, now almost everything he has to say has to be taken seriously. It's no longer a joke," psychologist and body language expert Peter Collett told DW.

"That's got a lot to do with the fact that Trump has become a global entity, whereas in his first term, he was more of a domestic personage. I suspect those delegates are responding to him, in part, because they are concerned about what the future may hold for them, given his erratic actions."

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Even Trump's more incendiary moments, such as when he accused the UN of leading a "globalist migration agenda" or told European leaders, "your countries are going to hell" due to immigration, failed to raise a response. But little deters Trump in such moments. ...