In the face of bipartisan and global condemnation, Donald Trump is plowing on through the Syria disaster by pretending it is not, in fact, a disaster.
The latest salvo of self-delusion came in a speech on Wednesday morning where the president declared "permanent" peace in Syria, sort of, and insisted he was being congratulated for "a great outcome" — all the while directly undercutting the prepared remarks on the teleprompter with his own incisive commentary.
Stephen Colbert broke it down on the Late Show, and was at one point reduced by Trump's "subject-verb gumbo" to just staring at the camera and offsider Jon Baptiste in glum, incredulous silence. Same.
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