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However, Musk himself has mocked the comparisons, stating on X: “Frankly, they need better dirty tricks. The ‘everyone is Hitler’ attack is sooo tired.”

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2025

The show has mocked the age of both presidential candidates: Donald Trump, 78, and Joseph R. Biden Jr., 81.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2024

Amid the fighting in Ukraine, he has mocked Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu as a “plywood marshal,” an apparent reference to Shoigu’s hobby of woodcutting.

From Washington Times • Jul. 21, 2023

Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuania’s first leader after it regained independence in the early 1990s, has mocked suggestions that an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin might be reached over Ukraine.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 8, 2023

That false prattler, with his prophecy, has mocked and befooled me.

From Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur by Morris, Charles