"I STRONGLY REJECT THE LIES OF THE HATEFUL, PRO-BRUSSELS LIBERAL PORTAL POLITICO," Fico wrote on X in caps. "It is a sad look at the liberal and progressive political and media world." The whole episode is strange, with Politico standing by its report filled with bombshell claims and sourced to several unnamed diplomats. The central claim to the report is that Fico came away from his face-to-face meeting shocked at Trump's state of mind, which left the Slovak leader shaken. Fico characterized Trump as being “out of his mind,” a diplomat said, using the words briefed to them by their leader, who was directly involved in the conversation.