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And as you pointed out, he repeated a line that he's been using everywhere. but this wasn't an adoring crowd. this was a very jaundiced crowd because the president, as he did again in this speech, was very, very violative of this notion of global institutions and international cooperation and was preaching the gospel of self-interest country by country. and so they were not primed to give him a big hand for self-adulation. it was a poorly considered opening line, and i think he got a sense of where he stands in the world community right now. >> i was thinking the whole time, like who -- who de...

Acosta, cnn senior political commentator david axelrod and susan glasser. good evening to all of you. david, that moment at the united nations, what did you think of that? >> well, you know, the president's speech was really written as much for a domestic audience as the people in the room. and as you pointed out, he repeated a line that he's been using everywhere. but this wasn't an adoring crowd. this was a very jaundiced crowd because the president, as he did again in this speech, was very, very violative of this notion of global institutions and international cooperation and was preaching ...

So it's risky, it's expensive. trump always likes to be counting the bill, as we was in private industry and proud to say cost cutting. so it runs opposite to his own message. it will be framed very much as just some kind of self adulation, more than any reasonable execution of policy. >> tim, how do you couple that assertion about the military parade with what we have learned in the last 24 hours. you know, microsoft executive to him burke revealed that this security forum this week the last 48 hours happened on thursday, that russian intellioperatives hacked into online accounts of three dif...

One person. >> we agree with that. jon: this piece was not entirely adulation toward the president. most of it was about his self-adulation. one of the quotes from the article he may not always be as good as everything he thinks he is including politics. while mr. obama has given himself high grades for his tenure in the white house many voters don't agree citing everything from his handling to the economy and unfill filled pledge he would be able to unite washington to his claim he would achieve israeli-palestinian peace. this is a man who, well, thinks pretty highly of himself. i guess you e...

This in all seriousness. >> okay. >> i do. >> okay. >> is that newt has -- he loves himself a lot. >> he does. >> that does help. >> he really -- it is -- i have never seen anything like it. he is the most unself-aware i have ever seen on the political scene ever. ever. >> that's saying a lot considering who she sits next to. >> considering we're talking about politics. >> yeah. >> and who i sit next to. >> well, he is a student of history. >> no, it's amazing. his self-adulation. it's what it takes at times. >> churchill and de gaulle. you name it. >> not necessarily a criticism. it could be ...