This week seems as if an old song played — “Back in the USSR”. The news of a US president echoing Russian geo-political disinformation was jarring, out of tune as it were, memories of times past. The world is turning and the turn to authoritarian disinfo is a clear and present danger
Via the Economist
‘Long Live the King’: Trump Likens Himself to Royalty on Truth Social
The White House reinforced the message, recirculating it on Instagram and X with an illustration of Mr. Trump wearing a crown on a magazine cover resembling Time, but called Trump.
Trump added wild charges on his social media site attacking Ukraine’s president …
President Trump’s falsehoods on Ukraine
Worldwide media steps up to document that the Trumpian message is “filled with falsehoods.”
“Trump Falsely Says Ukraine Started the War With Russia.”
The Washington Post pointed out that Trump’s comments were “immediately the top of the news in Russian media outlets.”
Fox News’ chief political analyst, Brit Hume joined in the chorus — “Music to the ears of Vladimir Putin.”
NBC News wrote of Trump’s post containing a “number of inaccuracies.”
CBS News added that “Trump inflated the amount of assistance the U.S. has sent to Ukraine since Russia’s invasion in 2022.”
Trump is living in a “web of disinformation”
Ukrainian president Zelensky spoke of disinformation in summing up additional challenges his nation now will face in its war with Russia.
The turn by the US toward Russian demands, talking points, and positions leave most all wondering ‘what comes next?’
