He said that “insurance companies, like any company, have a duty to shareholders to maximize profits, no matter how ruthlessly. The radical left espousing otherwise needs to grow the hell up.”

At the same time, a large number of the participating factions espouse jihadist ideologies most Syrians reject.

Frail but defiant, he told the court his now-defunct newspaper Apple Daily had only espoused the values of Hong Kong’s people: “Pursuit of democracy and freedom of speech”.

“I think people have had enough of the Democrat party line, enough of the economy, enough of the whole platform. The things they espouse they just don’t work,” Monda said.

Some of the stuff he's talking about, these were the ideas that Michelle Obama was espousing: about healthier lunches, healthier foods.