The other day my wife sent me an Instagram clip of the Press Secretary for the President of the United States, a person named Karoline Leavitt, stating that the White House was demanding that President Trump receive the Nobel Peace Prize. In the clip she appears to enter a dream state, uttering all sorts of fantastical claims about the President’s prowess as a peacemaker.

The problem is, none of her proclamations fact-check. They may exist in Trump’s mind, made more believable for MAGATS through Ms. Leavitt’s eloquence, but they are simply half truths or mistruths. In the media world, this is known as propaganda. Adolph Hitler had Joseph Goebbels; Donald Trump has Karoline Leavitt. The Supreme Leader’s Propagandist has one purpose: to build up the leader to a point of almost divine superiority, one whose edicts and accomplishments must be elevated to levels inspiring awe and blind loyalty in their followers.

When I first saw the clip, I though it was an AI satire. No one could possibly make all of those outrageous and gag worthy claims and keep a straight face. But then I saw the official White House press release – it was all real. Ms. Leavitt seems to believe that everything she says about President Trump is the white evangelistic gospel truth.

Fortunately, the same clip showed a second section, with another person providing some truth serum to the press briefing. That was the Indian journalist Palki Sharma Upadhyay whose video rebuttal was a refreshing appeal to intelligent discourse. It was a full and frequently humorous assault on Trump’s arrogance. In it she outlined Trump’s addiction to “big bombs” asking if this was indicative of a man of peace. “In just five months, Trump has overseen nearly as many US airstrikes (529) as were recorded across the entire four years of the previous administration (555).” That quote quote came from ACLED President Clionadh Raleigh as reported in Turkey’s Anadolu Anjasi.

She then went on to detail the horrendous impacts of Trump’s cuts to foreign aid. That’s the loss of $60,000,000 for nutrition programs, vaccination campaigns, public health centres, and maternal health programs. The medical journal The Lancet predicts that Trump’s cuts could lead to 14,000,000 deaths by 2030. She concluded with, “Does this sound like a Peace laureate to you?”

And by the way Karoline Leavitt, it’s pronounced the Nobel Peace Prize, not the Noble Peace Prize. There’s nothing noble about this president’s actions. The way I see it.