RANDOM phrases that squirt out while Donald Trump is opening and closing his mouth are being reported as if they bear actual meaning. 

A slew of half-finished nonsense Trump said when asked about the war in Iran – “Let me tell you, we’ve won. You know, you never like to say too early you’ve won. We won, we won. In the first hour, it was over. We don’t want to leave early, do we?We’ve got to finish the job” – has been reported as news, despite the speaker’s mental condition and history.

Washington correspondent Joanna Kramer said: “He said some syllables. It was generally negative. If I pretend he had the slightest idea he knew what he was saying, I have a story.

“In reality the question surprised him and what he meant was ‘I will not lose this war, I cannot lose any war, why isn’t everyone nice to me all the time,’ ie the usual crap.

“We have to accept that when Trump says Iran is defeated or postal voting is against the law or Britain is no longer his ally, it’s all bullshit. They are empty, nothing words from a vainglorious charlatan and none of them means a f**king thing.”

She added: “While at the same time being a proven threat to US democracy and the safety of the free world. It’s always both at once with him.”