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Wow, there’s so much cognitive dissonance in this Boston Globe report, at first I thought it was from one of those “parody” news sites. But no, it’s real.

ATKINSON, NH - Businessman Donald Trump told a packed room the United States should not challenge countries that require women to wear burkas as he unleashed a full-throttle criticism of America’s current foreign policy.

“Why are we fighting that?” the presidential candidate asked to cheers in the crowd, and added the United States should “let them” wear what they want.

A right wing audience is cheering Trump for saying Islamic countries should be able to require women to wear burqas? What? Imagine the right wing reaction if President Obama had said something like this.

And of course, there’s the little detail that the US is not trying to tell any Islamic country they can’t require women to wear burqas. It’s just not happening. It’s a total fantasy; this crowd is wildly cheering a complete falsehood.

And Trump being Trump, he followed this up with one of his trademark misogynistic blurts.

Trump, waving a hand across his face, also said women might prefer wearing burkas because it obviates the need for make-up.

Cheers! Applause! Yeah, maybe we should require burqas in the US too. Women will thank the government for saving them from the chore of putting on makeup!

I’m getting a headache trying to follow this “reasoning.”

But wait, there’s more! Trump explained that life hasn’t been easy for him. He had to struggle to start his business with a measly little loan of a million bucks from his dad. The poor guy.

“My whole life has been a no,” he said. “It has not been easy for me. I started off in Brooklyn. My father gave me a small loan of a million dollars.”