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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan became the latest world leader to be humiliated by Donald Trump after he was stopped on the streets of New York to make way for the US President's motorcade.
It comes a day after France's Emmanuel Macron was humbled by the city's cops after they stopped him and forced him to wait on the street so that Trump's police escort could get through.
Erdoğan appeared visibly annoyed as he left the UN headquarters in Manhattan on Tuesday.
In footage shared on social media, the Turkish leader can be seen waiting on the street and surrounded by his bodyguards as cops keep a large crowd of people from walking down the street.
Erdoğan's reaction was not as calm as his French counterpart's, who was seen in a video making a casual phone call to Trump after the mishap.
'Guess what, I'm waiting in the street right now because everything is frozen for you', Macron could be heard telling the US leader on the phone.
The French president explained to the officers that he was trying to make his way on foot to France's diplomatic mission in New York, after he delivered a speech at the United Nations.
'I have 10 people with me,' Macron said, trying to negotiate passage across the street.
'I'm sorry President, I'm really sorry, it's just that everything's frozen right now,' one of the police officers told Macron.
After several minutes of waiting around, Macron was then seen walking down the street with his body guards.
Several have commented on how world leaders were forced to wait on the streets of New York, with many accusing Trump of trying to humiliate his counterparts in an apparent power play.
'That's not just a mix-up — that's a power signal. When world leaders get parked so Trump can pass, it tells you everything about who commands respect in the room', one X user wrote.
Another said: 'Macron learns who runs thing in America, even off duty'.
'Humiliating. The French president stuck on the curb while Trump's motorcade rolls like a king's parade', a third commented, while a fourth said: 'This is not an 'awkward moment'. This is a protocol breach and a serious insult.
Commenting on the incident involving Erdoğan, an X user said: '[Trump] did the same to the French. He's doing it on purpose'.
The mishaps come as several world leaders gathered in the Big Apple this week for the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, and the challenges they face are as dire as ever if not more so.
The United Nations, which emerged from World War II's rubble on the premise that nations would work together to tackle political, social and financial issues, is in crisis itself. As Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said last week: 'International cooperation is straining under pressures unseen in our lifetimes.'
Yet the annual high-level gathering at the UN General Assembly will bring presidents, prime ministers and monarchs from about 150 of the 193 UN member nations to UN headquarters.
The secretary-general says it is an opportunity that can't be missed — even in the most challenging of moments.