General Discussion

It must have been obvious to everyone that he didn't know where the hell he was or what he was doing there.

Nevertheless, when he got to the podium his acting skills kicked in and he managed to fire off a few well-rehearsed lines for the cameras before he was hustled out of the room by his aides, who were probably fearing he'd go off-script.

I think that was the first time I was shocked by the U.S. news media. There was no reporting, none, on what they were witnessing with their own eyes.

It seems the oligarchs have been working behind the scenes for many years to normalize the illegal, bizarre, and inappropriate behaviors of their meat-puppet politicians.