People should have a passing knowledge of the major political parties in major nations. I don’t know all the political figures in say Germany but I know if someone is an AfD member I should ignore what they have to say. Just because you don’t live in a country doesn’t mean you should be ignorant about how their government works, unless you like listening to propagandists with an exotic flair

Why would we give the benifit of doubt to him? Have you been asleep for the last decade?