Trump’s amplification of the post was bad enough on its own: Alavi is a supporter of a militant Iranian cult called the Mojahedin-e-Khalq, known as the MEK, an organization that was designated for decades as a terrorist organization and is widely hated inside Iran. What makes it even worse, however, is that Heshmat Alavi does not exist.
Trump Retweets Fake Anti-Iran MEK Activist Heshmat Alavi
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He gets 40 likes a Twitter status. It’s not exactly an account with any gravitas, but certainly the Intercept Sorostitute types lend their partners in regime change credibility.
This is the truth of any actors echoed about in the hype chamber of US regime change artifacts both on the left and the right: they have no actual gravitas with real people.
They only have tangible weight and authority on their fellow colleagues IN THE BUSINESS. Their social media metrics tell a totally different story: that they’re puffing and hyping themselves up in their own bubble.