The staid diplomats of the UN had not likely witnessed as fiery a performance as that given by President Donald Trump on Tuesday since the 902nd Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in October 1960.

It was then that the Soviet leader reacted with fire and brimstone to remarks by the Philippines Ambassador Lorenzo Sumulong criticizing human rights practices in Eastern Europe.

Khrushchev responded by taking to the podium, brushing Sumulong aside, and denounced the Philippines Ambassador as “a jerk,” “a stooge and a lackey” and “a toady of American imperialism.”

This was even more provocative than President