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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNow what would a guy want to keep this? 😝
Among the disputed documents at Mar-a-Lago was a meteorological map of Hurricane Dorian that he had infamously marked up with a black Sharpie. Who knows why that map was so important to him? Who cares?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/why-did-trump-take-classified-documents-in-the-first-place/2022/08/15/38d29916-1c8a-11ed-9ce6-68253bd31864_story.html
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Now what would a guy want to keep this? 😝 (Original Post)
underpants
Aug 2022
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Seen no evidence he has any such self-awareness ... he knows it'd be worth a lot of $$$ though (nt)
Hugh_Lebowski
Aug 2022
#2
I presume he wanted to auction it off to raise cash at some later date. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2022
#8
Karadeniz
(22,543 posts)1. To keep proof of his stupidity out of the national archives....
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)2. Seen no evidence he has any such self-awareness ... he knows it'd be worth a lot of $$$ though (nt)
underpants
(182,847 posts)4. I was wondering about why he would
Money, sure
Avoiding embarrassment (too late) sure
Maybe he thinks that was a win. That he got over on the press.
I think its the middle one.
IrishAfricanAmerican
(3,816 posts)5. Yep...
that artifact would bring top dollar at auction.
KPN
(15,646 posts)6. Agreed.
catbyte
(34,412 posts)3. Speaking of hurricanes, I wonder if Benedict Donald kept this pic as well.
Although I'd rather see this:
onethatcares
(16,174 posts)7. from what I've seen on the teevee machine
it's an artist rendition of his peronis disease.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,015 posts)8. I presume he wanted to auction it off to raise cash at some later date. . . . nt