Elites in the media and elsewhere did not wait long to trash President Donald Trump’s first speech to the United Nations General Assembly.

The speech, which stressed opposition to North Korean missile testing and totalitarian regimes, and called for human rights in troubled places such as Venezuela, did not impress Trump’s usual critics, who engaged in typical over-the-top attacks.

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Not surprisingly, a CNN reporter led the charge of angry commentators, appalled global elites, and revolted pundits.

“UN speech was a lot of Trump tweets strung together,” tweeted Jim Acosta of CNN. “Saber-rattling. But no clear doctrine. Threats of confrontation around the world.”

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Acosta noted that Trump’s rhetoric at the U.N. was different from that of his 2016 presidential campaign.

“Trump was non-interventionist during campaign. Hard to square talk of America first with his threats of brinkmanship with so many countries,” Acosta tweeted.

Another CNN contributor could not restrain himself from comparing Trump to dictators.

“‘Sovereign nations with different values’, ‘mutual respect’ are favorite phrases of #China #Russia & other authoritarian states,” tweeted Jim Sciutto, CNN’s chief national security reporter and a former appointee of President Barack Obama who worked in the U.S. embassy in China.

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Halfway during his speech, and too soon, one prominent Trump critic suggested the remarks were too isolationist.

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“The way the dictatorships in UNGA are hearing this speech: US doesn’t care how you treat your own people,” tweeted Jonah Goldberg, a senior national editor at National Review.

But Goldberg tempered some of his later comments. Many Trump critics did not. And some of the worst bile came from left-wing journalists at major outlets. One was longtime Trump critic Nicholas Kristof, a New York Times columnist.

“I always felt sorry for Cubans embarrassed by [Fidel] Castro speeches to the UN,” tweeted Kristof. “And now I more personally understand their pain.”

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Paul Krugman, an economist and New York Times contributor, did not like Trump’s warning he would “totally destroy” North Korea should that regime attack the United States or its allies. Krugman suggested Trump would start a war with North Korea to take the focus off domestic woes. Krugman has suggested in the past Trump would use war to boost his popularity.

“I’ve always worried [about] Malvinas option — under threat from scandals at home, corrupt governments start wars. Still think this is silly?” Krugman tweeted.

And, of course, there was plenty of reference to Russian hysteria, even if some of the commentators could not spell the name of Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

“Trump never mentions #Russia not once in his UN speech verifying his personal capitulation to Moscow,” tweeted Malcolm Nance, an intelligence analyst and NBC News contributor. “What does Puntin [sic] have on him?”

Joy Reid, a MSNBC host, also took part in the Russia-related Trump-bashing.

“Listening back to Trump’s UN speech and I’m even more horrified than before,” Reid tweeted. “As I’m listening I’m thinking ‘oh my god, this reality show, tabloid character is standing before the entire world as the U.S. president.'”

Apparently, Reid wanted some Russian-style relief from Trump.

“Oh my god, Trump keeps waiting for applause after his ‘zinger lines.’ Someone please send vodka!” Reid tweeted. “Is it too early for vodka? Yes, yes it is. Ok I have Prosecco.”

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