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The Rachel Maddow Show

U.S. conservatives embrace 'acceptable despot' Hungary's Orban

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Rachel Maddow, MS NOW

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4.435.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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...Plus, Democrats to move ahead with climate, tax, health care bill as Sinema signs on

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0:00.0

If he would allow me, I'd like to take you back in time.

0:03.8

Back to September of 2009, as a new American leader, was making his first appearance at the

0:09.7

annual United Nations General Assembly.

0:13.2

President Barack Obama was just eight months into his first term, and the big UN meeting

0:17.8

was kind of his big debut on the global diplomatic stage.

0:21.8

He and his Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, were greeted warmly by American allies, as

0:26.8

they announced a more cooperative approach to international affairs, as opposed to the

0:31.5

with us or against us attitude of the prior administration.

0:35.6

But President Obama was not the only world leader attending his very first UN General Assembly

0:40.7

that day.

0:42.0

Another first time, or got almost as much attention as Obama, but unlike the new American

0:47.0

president, this guy had been ruling his country for 40 infamous years.

0:56.0

His excellency, Moamar Kadoffi, leader of the revolution, president of the African Union,

1:01.6

king of kings of the traditional kings of Africa.

1:04.6

Kadoffi raged on for 95 minutes and eight seconds.

1:08.3

A diatribe against the UN from a jumble of handwritten notes, waving a copy of the UN

1:13.9

charter, then pretending to rip it up.

1:16.9

It should not be called the Security Council.

1:19.7

It should be called the Terror Council.

1:21.6

He made no mention of the Libyan bombing of Panem 103 over Lakobi, but launched a bizarre

1:26.6

harang about the assassination of President Kennedy.

1:29.6

But tell you what, how does Matt?

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