'A jester high on ketamine!' French senator delivers blistering rebuke of Trump and Musk

French Senator Claude Malhuret this week delivered a blistering rebuke of President Donald Trump and X owner Elon Musk, and he compared their reign to that of an infamously debauched Roman emperor.

During a speech discussing European support for Ukraine against Russia, Malhuret lobbed insults directly at both the president and his billionaire benefactor.

"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine in charge of purging the civil service," he said in reference to Musk's acknowledged use of the dissociative anesthetic. "We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."

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Trump, with the encouragement of Musk, has shocked American allies in recent weeks by publicly sparring with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, cutting off military aid to Ukraine, and even halting intelligence sharing with the country.

At the same time, Trump has antagonized America's largest trading partners, Mexico and Canada, by hitting all of their products with 25 percent tariffs.

Trump has also floated the idea of easing sanctions on Russia despite the fact that the Kremlin is still waging a war of aggression against an American ally.

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