Alex Jones: Mental illness or performance art? Both. Same with Trump.
I'm watching replays of the trial with commentary by a YouTuber who used to watch Jones about a decade ago but has since renounced him. I myself have never seen a proper "show" of Jones' but I have seen clips of his show and the memes that have sprung from those clips. I have read what he's said about many different things like Sandy Hook, the elections, "Globalists™", etc. and just thought of him as being off his rocker. I know he also sells snake oil vitamins and such at huge markups.
Watching the trial has actually gotten me to hear more than just "clips" of Ale and instead him have a conversation with the judge, jury, etc. And while I don't support what I've heard he's said, he brings up some valid points about. I've also heard he was "correct" about a few things before they came to light, like Epstein's island, the flights taken there, and some of the people on those flights. He's been wrong about other things too, though.
I never actually heard what he had to say about Sandy Hook and just read that he said it was a hoax. During the questioning, he gave his rationalization for it all. I still feel he should be prosecuted since it caused parents to go in to hiding from rabid idiots that harassed them but I got the sense that Jones actually thought he was on to something with all of his theories. Maybe that was the point of putting him up there since I heard the judge say that Jones didn't even need to be in attendance that day but chose to.
He definitely has mental issues and is likely on some hard drugs but he wasn't what I assumed he would be from his clips during his questioning.