The headline at Axios tells the tale: "Trump's middle finger to the UN: 'Your countries are going to hell'." "With a few exceptions, Trump garnered very little applause from the leaders and diplomats in the room," the news outlet reported. Washington Post global affairs columnist Ishaan Tharoor reported: "A senior foreign diplomat posted at the UN texts me: 'This man is stark, raving mad. Ambassador to Jamaica, Luis Moreno, responded, writing: "I speak to a lot of foreign diplomats, journalists, officials and just plain folks. Ambassador to Russia and professor of political science Michael McFaul remarked: "Trumps UN speech will appeal to his MAGA base, but no one else.