Trump: ‘Fake News’ That World Leaders Were Laughing at Me at the UN, ‘They Were Laughing with Me’

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REPORTER: "I want to ask you, yesterday you were talking about your Administration's accomplishments at the United Nations and a lot of the leaders laughed. Why do you think they were laughing?"

TRUMP: "That’s fake news. And it was covered that way. So I said that since my election, our economy has become the hottest in the world, tax reductions, regulations, confidence levels are the highest in 18 years, really soon to be historic. Unemployment is the lowest in the history of our country. You look at black unemployment, Asian unemployment, you look at women, 65 years, the unemployment numbers are among the best we’ve ever had ever. The numbers of new companies pouring into our country, which nobody thought was possible, and I said this and I was in front of a large group of highly professional people, most of whom are from either other countries or the United Nations, people that aren’t big into clapping, applauding, smiling. And I heard a little rustle as I said our country is now stronger than ever before, it’s true. It is true. And I heard a little rustle and I said it’s true and I heard smiles and I said I didn’t know there would be that — they weren't laughing at me, they were laughing with me, we had fun. That was not laughing at me. The fake news said people laughed at President Trump— they didn’t laugh at me. People had a good time with me. We were doing it together. We had a good time. They respect what I’ve done.