They couldn't handle this... (Russell Brand)

Trump’s UN speech turned a broken teleprompter and a stalled escalator into a moment of presence — contrasting him with the stiff, scripted global elite. Russell unpacks Trump’s improvisation, his digs at the UN, and his attack on European hypocrisy over Russia. What does this reveal about Trump as a political anomaly and the collapse of bureaucratic authority?



[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, September 28, 2025.]