The British have the same MO for a century. Putin may have something wrong with his arm, but it’s difficult to know if it’s true because ever since Kaiser Wilhelm the Brits accuse everyone they think is a power mad dictator of having a gimp arm.
Also the British: Hitler had only 1 testicle!
Also the British: Hitler was Jewish!
Also the British: Hitler was homosexual!
There’s just a historic pattern of British press putting out personalized derogatory propaganda against their perceived enemies.
That said, Putin looks swollen. Either meds or a bad heart condition it looks like.
A lifetime ago I had a huge book on WW1. A hardbound book that covered the pre-war years, the war and the post-war years. It included reproductions of old posters, flyers and cartoons. Very thorough book.
I remember one of the cartoons showed an English POW explaining to his German guard that the Kaiser’s bad arm was caused by “over manipulation of the Imperial Manhood as a youth.” Which of course made the German guard mad.
Why I should remember that particular cartoon is beyond me, but I can’t forget it.
You mean like John McCain?