The king's visit gives ill-placed respect to a convicted criminal. Any thoughts on this? or is it just me who sees it like that?

My uncle said the same about Farley's Rusks (a kiddie teething biscuit) that he hadn't eaten since he was little. He said they were small, not sweet enough and nowhere near as yummy as before. I think he just grew up....

And to think that millions of US Americans voted for these people, again and again and again....

He's a total moron, too stupid to be anything other than an unwitting (unconcerned) Useful Idiot. He does harm because of his stupidity and inability to understand consequences. He needs to be prosecuted and tried in the US and in Den Haag, asap, along with his administration.

Maybe he thinks pedophile is a filing system and can't imagine why people keep bringing it up. Likely, he doesn't understand what is wrong with abusing children, women. It makes him feel powerful, in charge, like all cowards.

can be added to Israel or "given" to trump for his help with weapons and financing and support, and as for trump, well, seriously, why would anyone bother at all. He is clueless about anything relevant to anyone but himself. It's like dealing with a capricious 2yo. No offense to 2yos. They're cute.

I don't understand why any leaders in the world still communicate with putin, trump or netanyahu. They are criminals and liars. I mean, seriously, what's the point. putin cannot stop the war (his people would find out about him), netanyahu doesn't want to stop murdering Palestinians until Gaza

Wait, surely the most amazing thing about this is that the FBI informant is actually being prosecuted and sentenced... perhaps it's so they can release him to prove that "friends" of the regime are all above the law. Did anyone with a brain actually believe anything about the $5million?

We will find out bit by bit over the next few weeks and months which journalists are still "journalisting" and which ones are entertaining. You can see how many have "left" their corp jobs and gone independent. I think some cling on and try to work ethically but it'll become impossible.

Not really. That is the situation now but when AP got kicked out, there were still actual journalists in the room.

Also, don't forget that "news" has to be entertaining, candidates have to be "charismatic" and entertaining. I think we're beyond the quality of reporting which is why when AP got kicked out of the presser for refusing to say Gulf of Amurka, no other, not one, journalist marched out in solidarity.

Cheaper is always a key factor for billionaires, but control is definitely key.
It's not about destroying the info sphere, it's about replacing it with regime propaganda. Have you noticed how anyone who gets into the trump sphere immediately becomes stupid?