The curious case of his friend Jim

[struggle4progress]

By VIVIAN SALAMA
Today

... The way Trump tells it — Jim is a friend who loves Paris and used to visit every year. Yet when Trump travels to the city Thursday for his first time as president, it’s unlikely that Jim will tag along. Jim doesn’t go to Paris anymore. Trump says that’s because the city has been infiltrated by foreign extremists.

Whether Jim exists is unclear. Trump has never given his last name. The White House has not responded to a request for comment about who Jim is or whether he will be on the trip ...

Jim’s biggest moment in the spotlight was during a high-profile Trump speech in February at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland. Trump explained that Jim “loves the City of Lights, he loves Paris. For years, every year during the summer, he would go to Paris. It was automatic, with his wife and his family” ...

https://apnews.com/e18f254c4ac84e6bab4ceed56401cc65/Trump-in-Paris:-The-curious-case-of-his-friend-Jim

[Tanuki]

1. Could it be Jim McIver? Meredith's husband?

[ecstatic]

5. lol! nt

[lunasun]

9. But she left him for John Miller so let's face it that's the real reason thier family doesnt go to

Paris anymore . John Miller is the reason!!

[Shrike47]

2. Imaginary friend. Trump has no real friends.

[littlemissmartypants]

3. Exactly. eom

[madaboutharry]

4. There is no Jim.

[flibbitygiblets]

6. My friend Jim also said it could have been anybody who hacked our elections.

[misanthrope]

7. He's the half-brother of John Barron and John Miller

They're all related.

[joet67]

8. I am guessing he has zero actual friends. nt