<![CDATA[#Trump's mockery of #Starmer and #Macron is an extraordinary sight.]]>'s mockery of and is an extraordinary sight. I have never ever seen any other head of state or govt mocking allies. It's very rare to see even of sworn enemies.

Trump has always been a bully. But even a year ago, there was some restraint in his public speech, some degree of diplomatic nicety.

Was yesterday's outburst anything other than part of Trump's cognitive decline? Or is it some sort of reasoned and calculated strategic shift in US diplomacy?

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Thank you.

I have a whole thread of people saying this. They're not all equally serious. But some of them are.

https://mastodon.world/@SuneAuken/114279282234503896

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And what morons are laughing in the background when Trump mentions Macrons wife?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/peterp/statuses/116346622416899846https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/peterp/statuses/116346622416899846Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:16:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Trump's mockery of #Starmer and #Macron is an extraordinary sight. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:09:12 GMT]]>Thanks, @SuneAuken. That's a very interesting take.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/2legged/statuses/116346595110314897https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/2legged/statuses/116346595110314897Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:09:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Trump's mockery of #Starmer and #Macron is an extraordinary sight. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:48:06 GMT]]>@HarriettMB My previous reading of Trump was that his speech was calculated; that he did have a user-controlled filter, just a much coarser filter than most people deployed. Art rather than stupidity.

But I am very struck by the comment elsewhere in this thread by @SuneAuken that this looks like Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD). It's not my field, but it seems to fit well: https://frankgeorge8675309.substack.com/p/dammit-its-not-alzheimers-heres-why-c9f

@OneInterestingFact

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It is, at the very least, consistent with his mental decline.

https://frankgeorge8675309.substack.com/p/dammit-its-not-alzheimers-heres-why-c9f

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Slagging off hasn’t worked so it’s time to try another bullying tactic.
It seems that at last even Starmer has been pushed to the limit.

Is trump really so stupid as to believe the only ally the US needs is Israel? Cos that’s the direction he’s headed.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/OneInterestingFact/statuses/116346127842957583https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/OneInterestingFact/statuses/116346127842957583Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:10:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Trump's mockery of #Starmer and #Macron is an extraordinary sight. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:07:55 GMT]]>@2legged 'US diplomacy' sounds like an oxymoron.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115627417809417107/statuses/116346118163951652https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115627417809417107/statuses/116346118163951652Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:07:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Trump's mockery of #Starmer and #Macron is an extraordinary sight. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:05:34 GMT]]>@2legged @OneInterestingFact He’s always spoken without a filter. The difference now is he is surrounded by sycophants who will agree, laugh and support his every word and action uncritically. Some offer even more cruel and disgusting options, which he gleefully accepts - think of Hegseth, Netenyahu, Putin, Paula White [his religious ‘minister’], Franklin/Lyndsey? Graham et al.

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But I'm interested in what's going on with the new super-crassness. How much of it is planned in meetings? How much is just the orange oaf speaking without filter?

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/OneInterestingFact/statuses/116345998392640484https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/OneInterestingFact/statuses/116345998392640484Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:37:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Trump's mockery of #Starmer and #Macron is an extraordinary sight. on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:14:43 GMT]]>AFAICR, even in that hideous encounter in the with , and aggressively bullied Zelensky rather than mocking him.

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