I attempted to listen to Trump's so-called address to the UN, and even Fidel Castro, in his most rambling, could not top it. I thought I would do fact-checking, but he went off on already discredited boasts about the economy with so many lies and self-puffery, and an attack against the UN itself, I couldn't keep up. As the "address" devolved into grievances, self hype(the Nobel Peace Prize he deserves), and insults of even our international friends, it was one only his most MAGA would believe. I am embarrassed to think that he has a 43% approval rating...The rest of the Western world must think that a chunk of America has lost its mind. What will likely happen now is that he will not be taken seriously, his rantings being dismissed as the ravings of a disordered mind, except for the danger and abuse of his power, which will be perceived as a threat to their own national interests and will still be feared. They will act accordingly, either pussyfooting around, working behind his back, or stroking his insatiable ego.
Most of the world's democracies still condemn Trump's violent, inhumane, extralegal targeting, on and offshore gulags, and deportation of only those of certain races who were only guilty of being undocumented, and the use of military force as a threat of force should anyone object. Most of the world has its own reporters and intelligence services in the US who have the capability of reporting news that does not fit into the Trump regime's approved news outlets or who depend on media that cave to Trump's threats to delicense and harm them with costs of fighting outlandish claims in suits likely to get rejected and denied by judges.
The Deported | Human Rights Watch
For the MAGA who still adore his words, they should realize that the rest of the Western world democracies are not tied up in knots over our same cultural issues as they are, or in white Christian nationalism and their love of dictators, which are significant elements of the MAGA movement. These issues seem to offset and excuse the rest of Trump's behavior and policies, which are harmful to their own pocketbooks or traditional GOP values. Their information source, it appears, is limited to those who tout unchallenged Trump's data and talking points: FOX, NEWSMAX, and Truth Social, among them..
(CNN fact checker seemed overwhelmed and did not go into details of Trump's false claims about the US economy, but still burst a lot of other bubbles: 'Highly dubious': CNN fact-checker hits almost all of Trump's brags at UN - Raw Story)
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