Totally fair. Not wanting to repost a fake is healthy. I respect that instinct.

And I don’t think “must be fake” is only vanity. Sometimes it’s just caution. But the bigger point is: **the pattern is real even if this specific document isn’t.** The fact that it feels plausible tells us something.

On “more of the same”: style-wise, maybe. **Consequence-wise, no.** Personal grievance as policy + alliance as entitlement + “security” as a blank check for maximal control isn’t standard-issue politics.

So yeah: post it with a guardrail,**“unverified screenshot, could be fake, but why does it feel so believable?”**

Yermin

It's interesting to think about whether I'm using "this must be fake" as a security blanket. I'm not a particular fan (nor detractor) of Trump. He seems pretty much more of the same, as far as US politicians go.

But does it comfort me to question the authenticity of a letter like this? I think mostly I don't want to post something as real and then discover later that it wasn't real because I think that will look bad. Vanity, you know?

Politics_And_Law

Trump: "It's only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago"

Scoresby

It's interesting to think about whether I'm using "this must be fake" as a security blanket. I'm not a particular fan (nor detractor) of Trump. He seems pretty much more of the same, as far as US politicians go.

But does it comfort me to question the authenticity of a letter like this? I think mostly I don't want to post something as real and then discover later that it wasn't real because I think that will look bad. Vanity, you know?