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A fair question on "garbled response".
Corbyn seems to be trying to associate himself with the popular vote (of protest at economic and political inequality/imbalance) but then goes on to list various things that he likes but in which Trump has little interest (e.g. Trump has spoken against climate change, and has rattled cages rather than promote peace, etc). I don't see that there is any shared ground.
So, it comes across as a party political broadcast on behalf of Corbyn rather than a meaningful position on world affairs, and he then just goes on to include his usual vague ideas, all of which sound great so are easy to support but sadly (and probably always will) lack any real substance.
By contrast, someone like Merkel makes a clear statement, and while also inevitably self-serving to a degree, it does appear to talk about values of a nation rather than untested parochial ideals, and in so doing it speaks to the world stage.