derides

But at raucous rallies and in flurries of interviews, the Republican nominee routinely derides Zelensky, and recently blamed Ukraine for Russia’s 2022 invasion.

Despite the way half of the country laughs at him, or derides him, or campaigns against him, Trump gets one thing right: He’s a winner, and he knows it.

He also favors state-owned companies and government hand-out programs and derides the accumulation of personal wealth.

In other words, when Trump derides someone or something, or fear-mongers about an imagined threat, he’s basically talking about himself.

Whenever Trump derides someone or something, or fear-mongers about an imagined threat, he’s basically talking about himself.