Mugabe takes on Trump at UN
Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has called on US president Donald Trump to blow his "trumpet in a musical way" towards peace.
Mugabe had been addressing the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
His speech lasted about 20 minutes.
He brought the fireworks!
"Some of us were embarrassed, if not frightened, by what appeared to be the return of the biblical Giant Gold Goliath. Are we having a return of Goliath to our midst, who threatens the extinction of other countries?" he asked.
This to a rapturous applause.
"And may I say to the United States president, Mr. Trump, please blow your trumpet — blow your trumpet in a musical way towards the values of unity, peace, cooperation, togetherness, dialogue, which we have always stood for and which are well-writ in our very sacred document, the Charter of the United Nations."
The elderly statesman had to be escorted onto stage.
Mugabe exposed his frailty where he was shown by international news channels sleeping during most of Trump's first address to world leaders at the UN General Assembly.
The 93-year-old travelled to New York with a 70-member delegation, including his family.
This welcomed a huge backlash from his critics in Zimbabwe, who accused him of misusing taxpayers’ money.