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In a just-about hourlong address to the UN General Assembly, US President Donald Trump insulted the organization repeatedly.

He mocked the UN headquarters building, questioned the entire purpose of the organization, bragged about his own accomplishments and called the concept of climate change a “con job.”

Here are some of the more colorful moments, along with some context.

No teleprompter? No problem

TRUMP: I don’t mind making this speech without a teleprompter because the teleprompter is not working. I feel very happy to be up here with you nevertheless, and that way, you speak more from the heart. I can only say that whoever’s operating this teleprompter is in big trouble.

The teleprompter would ultimately be fixed. Trump truly did not seem to mind speaking without it.

Boasts galore. In Trump’s ‘golden age,’ he says the US is so HOT

TRUMP: Six years have passed since I last stood in this grand hall and addressed a world that was prosperous and at peace in my first term. Since that day, the guns of war have shattered the peace I forged on two continents. An era of calm and stability gave way to one of the great crises of our time, and here in the United States, four years of weakness, lawlessness and radicalism under the last administration delivered our nation into a repeated set of disasters.

This is a theme of all Trump speeches. It’s a golden age when he’s in power and chaos when he isn’t. Real life is obviously more complicated.

TRUMP: Just eight months into my administration, we’re the hottest country anywhere in the world, and there is no other country even close.

This is Trump’s new favorite line. The US is HOT.

TRUMP: In my first term, I built the greatest economy in the history of the world. We had the best economy ever, history of the world. And I’m doing the same thing again, but this time it’s actually much bigger and even better. The numbers far surpass my record-setting first term.

People of good will can debate these boasts.

Shoutout to El Salvador

TRUMP: I want to thank the country of El Salvador for the successful and professional job they’ve done in receiving and jailing so many criminals that entered our country.

The US has deported people to El Salvador who are not from El Salvador, and it has also deported people who do not appear to be criminals. They are often held in a controversial prison with appalling living conditions.

TRUMP: On the world stage, America is respected again like it has never been respected before.