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Trump’s true audience, as always, was his own dismal horde of followers, and this shabbily constructed myth about persecuted white people in a distant land was meant to serve as a “There! You see!” illustrative moment within a much larger narrative: The world has gone so badly off the rails that white people everywhere are disadvantaged, downtrodden and despised; but needless to say, we have a great champion, and only he can fix it.

Ukraine is not as badly off as Olena Lupak fears, though it is understandable to feel that way in Kharkiv this month.

"The alarmingly high rates of global deforestation remind us how badly off track we are in solving the climate and nature crises."

His appearance in a familiar setting, St. George’s Chapel on the grounds of Windsor Castle, was calculated to restore a semblance of normalcy to a royal family that has been thrown badly off balance by multiple health crises this year.

The king’s appearance in a familiar setting, St. George’s Chapel on the grounds of Windsor Castle, was calculated to restore a semblance of normalcy to a royal family that has been thrown badly off balance by multiple health crises this year.