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Rhiannon12866

(205,467 posts)
Wed Jul 22, 2020, 11:55 PM Jul 2020

In Major Setback for Trump, Court Rules He May Send Troops Only to Cities He Can Identify on Map

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In what is widely seen as a major setback for Donald J. Trump, a federal district court has ruled that he may send Department of Homeland Security agents only to cities that he can correctly identify on a map.

According to the ruling, before Trump can deploy forces to any American city, he must first indicate their intended destination on an unmarked map and cannot let anyone else take this test for him.

White House sources said that, after the ruling was announced, a furious Trump repaired to the Oval Office with a map of the United States and a Sharpie.

After hovering his marker over the map for more than an hour, Trump finally brought it down on what he thought was Detroit but was, in actuality, East Hampton, New York.

In East Hampton, a town board member, Carol Foyler, expressed concern about Trump’s decision to send D.H.S. agents to the beach community.

“At this time of year, I think it will be next to impossible for them to find a rental,” she said.


Short article, no more at link: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/in-major-setback-for-trump-court-rules-he-may-send-troops-only-to-cities-he-can-identify-on-map



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In Major Setback for Trump, Court Rules He May Send Troops Only to Cities He Can Identify on Map (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jul 2020 OP
Bwa, ha ha. Nt okaawhatever Jul 2020 #1
And won't be allowed a sharpie Mersky Jul 2020 #2
Always with the Sharpie! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2020 #3
Oh, you know Mersky Jul 2020 #5
I'd leave it - you knew exactly where this was going! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2020 #6
Won't be undone on either account Mersky Jul 2020 #7
But he still has plenty of crayons left from his cognotive tests. Elwood P Dowd Jul 2020 #4
You made me wake my mom! nt eppur_se_muova Jul 2020 #8
Oh, no! Did you tell her it was a joke?? Rhiannon12866 Jul 2020 #9
Don't worry, she liked it! eppur_se_muova Jul 2020 #10
Phew! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2020 #11

Mersky

(4,982 posts)
5. Oh, you know
Thu Jul 23, 2020, 12:12 AM
Jul 2020

The ruling isn’t complete - the ruiner of maps and everything that he’s is, cannot have the benefit of a marker.

(Truth be told, I did a terrible job of skimming the piece, but can’t bring myself to delete the joke. )



Rhiannon12866

(205,467 posts)
11. Phew!
Thu Jul 23, 2020, 12:26 AM
Jul 2020

You should totally turn her on to Andy Borowitz! He really is the best!

Satire from the Borowitz Report
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report

I posted this gem yesterday:

Feds in Unmarked Van Looking for Suspicious Characters Pick Up Jared Kushner
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213788898

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