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Zorro

(15,716 posts)
Mon Sep 27, 2021, 12:38 PM Sep 2021

Trump Claims He Won German Election

PALM BEACH (The Borowitz Report)—Urging the German people to “stop the steal,” Donald J. Trump claimed that he was elected Chancellor of Germany over the weekend.

Trump said that, once the official vote tallies have been recounted, it will be clear that he won the German election by a “landslide.”

Reflecting on his purported win, Trump said, “I’ve always wanted to be the Chancellor of Germany. That’s a title that’s been held by some very fine people.”

He revealed that he planned to send the former mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani to Germany to contest the election results. “He hasn’t been disbarred there yet,” Trump said.

For his part, Giuliani said that he relished his latest mission on Trump’s behalf. “I can’t wait to get to Germany,” he said. “When does Oktoberfest start?”

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-claims-he-won-german-election

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Trump Claims He Won German Election (Original Post) Zorro Sep 2021 OP
Perfect, thank you Andy. spanone Sep 2021 #1
The greatest line is definitely this one ... Hugh_Lebowski Sep 2021 #2
. berni_mccoy Sep 2021 #3
Waaaaay to thin..... SergeStorms Sep 2021 #12
Oh noooo, it's really a joke. : ( Kimber432 Sep 2021 #17
Just in time for the Oktoberfest Larissa Sep 2021 #21
And if the recount doesn't come out "right".. Permanut Sep 2021 #4
Cyber Storm Troopers. SergeStorms Sep 2021 #13
Best line: Pantagruel Sep 2021 #5
lol! i was just going to post the exact same thing orleans Sep 2021 #10
I have it on very good authority ... sarchasm Sep 2021 #19
Quote: "Bigly. Ich was Aufmitzebegeherobbed." marble falls Sep 2021 #6
Perfect malaise Sep 2021 #7
Not possible. moondust Sep 2021 #8
Heil Shitler ! indyblue Sep 2021 #9
I knew it. SergeStorms Sep 2021 #11
Ha ha ... I did just wonder that if the powers that be, really made attempts to make this article SWBTATTReg Sep 2021 #14
Might be fun to try....if you have a working account that has getagrip_already Sep 2021 #15
He won "tsar" in Russia, but it was stolen by Putin's fake election officials. JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2021 #16
prepping Celerity Sep 2021 #18
White House portrait? twodogsbarking Sep 2021 #20
I love good satire LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2021 #22
I thought this was for real. LMAO Borowitz is good. LiberalFighter Sep 2021 #23
He's a national treasure! Coventina Sep 2021 #25
But to accept he has to change his name back to Drump. yellowcanine Sep 2021 #24
ANDY BOROWITZ!!! calimary Sep 2021 #26
His first act Norbert Sep 2021 #27
 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
2. The greatest line is definitely this one ...
Mon Sep 27, 2021, 12:45 PM
Sep 2021
“I’ve always wanted to be the Chancellor of Germany. That’s a title that’s been held by some very fine people.”


It really ties the joke together.

Permanut

(5,538 posts)
4. And if the recount doesn't come out "right"..
Mon Sep 27, 2021, 12:56 PM
Sep 2021

I think a trip to Germany for Cyber Ninjas is in order.

sarchasm

(1,011 posts)
19. I have it on very good authority ...
Mon Sep 27, 2021, 02:53 PM
Sep 2021

… that Oktoberfest does indeed fall within the month of October.

moondust

(19,954 posts)
8. Not possible.
Mon Sep 27, 2021, 01:27 PM
Sep 2021

Donald J. Trump died of syphilis five months ago. His body double can make these claims but many, many people will know the truth.

SWBTATTReg

(22,044 posts)
14. Ha ha ... I did just wonder that if the powers that be, really made attempts to make this article
Mon Sep 27, 2021, 02:08 PM
Sep 2021

sound really legitimate, that rump really did win the German elections, that how trump supporters would actually fall for it? How many would actually think that somehow, rump won a German election, and thus, he would not be eligible to run for president of the US as a result...I actually bet that some of these trump nuts would actually fall for this ruse...

getagrip_already

(14,570 posts)
15. Might be fun to try....if you have a working account that has
Mon Sep 27, 2021, 02:18 PM
Sep 2021

Access to their Facebook groups, try seeding it.

I bet the rubes would run with it.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,314 posts)
16. He won "tsar" in Russia, but it was stolen by Putin's fake election officials.
Mon Sep 27, 2021, 02:23 PM
Sep 2021

He was so looking forward to a great golf course and estate in Crimea.

calimary

(81,040 posts)
26. ANDY BOROWITZ!!!
Mon Sep 27, 2021, 03:51 PM
Sep 2021

OMG I needed this, this morning!

Thought I’d earned a couple of days off from my Indivisible group after almost a solid month of rally organizing (TWO rallies two weeks apart), planning, writing, editing, and generating loads of emails and calls and invitations and announcements, promotion before, during, and after, and I thought I was done.

And then, wouldn’t ya know it, I get one of those “hey, I just sent you an email, could you just check …” calls this morning and, well, shit, you get the idea. Sorry to complain. I thought today and tomorrow were free ‘n’ clear. Nope.

So a timely Andy Borowitz contribution helps salvage the day! MANY thanks!

(Btw, the other consolation prize: at least both events went well. 30 people the first time - and it’s usually 5-7 of us actually showing up. And FIFTY people plus a few local dignitaries came to the second one and we even got press coverage! So there IS that!)

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