Trump said he had 'full faith in our intelligence agencies' and then the lights went out

[orangecrush]

One day after Donald Trump sided with Vladimir Putin regarding Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, the official president of Treason™ tried to backtrack, saying he had "full faith in our intelligence agencies."

Then all the lights in the room went out!


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"Whoops, they just turned out the lights," Trump said. "That must be the intelligence agents."



It's unclear what caused the momentary blackout, (Someone backing into the light switch? A brief power outage due the rain in D.C. today? A patriotic ghost?). But it was certainly some on-the-nose pathetic fallacy. One of those scenarios that, if you pitched it for a movie scene, you'd probably be asked to "tone it down a little."

UPDATE: July 17, 2018, 4 p.m. PDT Apparently, it was Chief of Staff John Kelly, according to Washington Post photographer Jabin Botsford


https://www.google.com/amp/s/mashable.com/2018/07/17/trump-lights-go-out-press-conference.amp/


There was probably also a massive brownout - in Trump's pants.

[elleng]

1. Summer storm in DC,

very common this time of year, that time of day.

[orangecrush]

2. Yep!

Happens all the time!