Donald Trump likes to think of himself as a funny man.

He doesn’t have the talent for jokes like Ronald Reagan or the easy charm of Bill Clinton. But he’s spent enough time in reality TV to play for laughs when he’s in the mood.

He likes to drop the occasional bomb, with a crooked smile and the empathy of the late Don Rickets. The big problem is that he’s lost sight of his audience. And he is too old to understand how damaging that has become.

Trump, 79, has done many crazy things in the first year of his second term. But by posting an AI picture of himself as Jesus Christ, he wasn’t just making a bad joke; he was giving ammunition to his enemies at home and abroad.

The most unlikely of these is the Iranians, who have proved themselves the most adept propagandists.

And they have managed to exploit a divided United States ... with Lego.

Tehran has unleashed its Gen Z on America with startling results. It may be losing the military conflict, but it is winning the PR war.

As a country, we like to laugh at ourselves. It’s why Saturday Night Live is such a cherished TV tradition. But how do we feel when the rest of the world is laughing at us?

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE SNL's final insult to Trump is Alec Baldwin singing "Macho Man."

Trump likes to boast that he leads the most powerful country on the planet. But he is out of touch with his people. And it is difficult to go full-on dictator in a democracy.

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