President Trump toasts the UN with a wine glass full of Diet Coke

President Trump once tweeted, "I have never seen a thin person drinking Diet Coke."

While at the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday, however, Trump let the waiter pour him a big ol' Diet Coke -- and into a wine glass at that.

The optics of the resulting photos are alarmingly bad -- especially since the president already had the whole world laughing at him earlier in the day.

"To Aspartame!" Credit: Evan Vucci/AP/REX/Shutterstock

Let's get a few things straight: The separation between regular glasses and wine glasses is arbitrary. And no one should shame the president for not drinking booze. It sends the wrong message to the millions of people out there who don't drink but love fancy schmancy glassware.

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I, for one, love chocolate milk served in a whiskey tumbler.

SEE ALSO: Trump claims he wanted the UN to laugh at his speech, calls it 'great'

But couldn't the president have ordered a big boy drink like water at lunch? Even regular Coke would work. Did we really need him doing ... whatever this is?

"Can I buy you a Diet Coke, madamoiselle?" Credit: Evan Vucci/AP/REX/Shutterstock "I'd like to dedicate this toast to phosphoric acid, without which, this drink  might never be possible" Credit: Evan Vucci/AP/REX/Shutterstock A waiter pours Trump a diet coke at the UN General Assembly Credit: Evan Vucci/AP/REX/Shutterstock

According to Omarosa, the president supposedly drinks twelve Diet Cokes a day. Thank you, Omarosa, for your investigative journalism.

To the rest of the world, we apologize. One day we'll have a president who knows what the good drinks are again.

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