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I see we’re off the deep end even more than usual for our post-truth age.

From the US' senior envoy:

“You talk so much about my president, President Trump, being a humanitarian,” said Witkoff, a real-estate mogul who, thanks to being Trump’s friend, is now the US’s senior envoy and diplomat to end the largest European conflict since the second world war. “You are a humanitarian also, sir, and I salute that. I commend you.”

Just as a reminder, in case you worry you lost your mind, here’s the definition of a humanitarian:

a person who is involved in or connected with improving people’s livesand reducing suffering

I surely don’t need to list the many obvious ways in which this is the opposite of what Putin is (although the aforementioned article gives it a go).

Other than doing his best to cosy up to Putin, like the weak supplicant beta, he is and help them win their illegal war of aggression, it’s not like his boss seems to care either way.

Shortly after the bombing, Trump told reporters on the White House lawn that Russia “has been fine on Ukraine”.