"... Trump, then, is at war with the world he has made. Alex Bruesewitz, working busily with the White House trolls, now churns out videos of Trump to prop up his image as the alpha male. Trump is the towering leader of 'Guardians of the World' with jets and warships bombing Iran; Trump is the 'Cosmic Commander: A New Era Begins Among the Stars'; Trump is a swashbuckler seizing an Iranian ship, crying, 'It’s Our Oil Tanker Now!'; Trump is a superhero with a red Superman cape rescuing George Washington falling off Mount Rushmore; Trump is dignified standing next to John F. Kennedy in front of the White House; Trump is Vegas Elvis in a rhinestone jumpsuit unbuttoned to display his muscled chest.
"The Iranians, for their part, have produced viral, AI-generated videos to portray Trump as a petulant and impotent Lego character. The Iranian Trump figure naps at the Resolute Desk, frantically launches missiles to hide his name in the Epstein files, and sweats playing dice in a casino. The Iranian portrayal of the little plastic toy is far more realistic than the White House fantasies..." -- Sidney Blumenthal / The New Republic Substack, writing on "Two Years Ago, They Revered Trump; Now, They Ridicule and Revile Him." The AI slop that's generated for the MAGAt faithful to reassure them that the Malignant Fascist is still on his game (and aging backwards!) and is seen as the hero of mankind is playing to a much-diminished audience in a demographic that he could always count on: the "manosphere" of self-deluded "alpha males" and incels (think "Proud Boys"). That's toxic for any would-be dictator / strongman, but with the MF's plummeting polls and the increasingly mocking and derisive zeitgeist, it's approaching fatal.
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