No, the U.S. media is claiming nothing of the sort...I got the names mixed up, so obviously I MUST be a xenophobic, white supremacist nation basher;) I have always considered your opinions respectfully and given you the benefit of every doubt, I would have hoped that my obvious mistake would have been that much more apparent given the "tropical trump" comment. I guess not.

Not sure why you decided to go so personal and negative rather than simply asking me if I was confused, a courtesy I certainly would have extended to you.

The ability to see truth is not exclusive to any person or cause, nor are any of the issues we have discussed strictly binary. Seeing the massive and ongoing crimes committed by Xi and putin is in no way a defense of the U.S. Favoring U.S, support of Ukraine is in no way favoring the U.S. invasion of Iraq, any more than seeing the criminality of that invasion justifies the criminality of putin's many invasions.

There's enough trouble already between political camps in the U.S. who increasingly refuse to acknowledge each other's humanity, each other's truths, it would be sad to see that go further.