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Fatah cartoon mocks Trump, calls him "mentally deranged"


Cartoon published on the website of Fatah’s Information and Culture Commission in Lebanon

Headline: “The mental fitness of one who does not recognize the Palestinian people and its legal and historical right in Jerusalem, the capital of Palestine, is questioned!”
Text in upper right corner of cartoon: “The publication of a book that casts doubt on [US President Donald] Trump’s mental fitness.”
The cartoon, which refers to the book Fire and Fury (see note below) shows an angry US President Donald Trump saying “I’m a genius” while holding a lit match to an open book, as small Twitter icons are seen rising from the flame. On the page Trump is burning is written: “Mentally deranged.”
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US recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel - On Dec. 6, 2017, US President Donald Trump formally recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and instructed the State Department to begin preparations to transfer the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Trump added that the final borders of Jerusalem will be determined during negotiations.

Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House - a book about US President Donald Trump, his presidential campaign, and his administration that is highly unfavorable towards him, written by Michael Wolff and published in January 2018. Some material in the book is unverifiable or lacking a source, and many people quoted in it have denied the quotes attributed to them. Wolff has been previously accused of fabricating material and unreliability in his writing.

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