Forty years ago, we learned from John Mellencamp that you’ve got to stand for something or you’ll fall for anything.

So, stand up for free speech or fall to a despot who wants you to remain quiet.

Speaking on Tuesday in New York City before the largest gathering of world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly, President Donald Trump said all countries had to end “open borders.”

Then he praised himself and showed his political a*s. “Look, I’m really good at this stuff. Your countries are going to hell,” he said.

“Hell?…Why, I have no desire to go to Washington, D.C.,” I’m sure someone in the audience thought. Punchlines aside, Trump didn’t care if he angered everyone. It’s obvious he wanted to. One diplomat texted me, “Do people in America realize how bad he is?”

The president

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