No one laughs at Donald Trump.

The president on Wednesday dismissed as �fake news� reports that world leaders laughed at him in the opening moments of his speech to a session of the U.N. General Assembly.

�They weren�t laughing at me. They were laughing with me,� he declared at a news conference Wednesday, the day after counterparts from around the globe audibly laughed as he began the highly anticipated address by reciting U.S. economic gains under his watch.

�We had fun. That was not laughing at me,� he said. �So the fake news said people laughed at President Trump. They didn�t laugh at me. People had a good time with me. We were doing it together. We had a good time. They respect what I�ve done.�

Trump opened Tuesday�s speech by describing the American economy as �booming like never before.�

He also claimed his administration had accomplished more in less than two years than any predecessor had by this same point in their terms.

Just sentences into Trump�s remarks, the audience � which included many leaders from other countries who were listening to a translation through headphones � began to chuckle. Some broke into outright laughter.

Trump appeared briefly flustered. He then smiled and said, �I didn�t expect that reaction, but that�s OK.�

(AP)