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orangecrush

(19,572 posts)
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 02:30 PM Dec 2017

Trumps Slurred Speech Tied to Low Battery in Putins Remote

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Donald J.Trump slurred his speech during his announcement about Jerusalem on Wednesday because of “low-battery issues” with Vladimir Putin’s remote, the White House said on Friday.
Speaking to the White House press corps, the press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, said that Trump’s slurred speech was “a case of what happens when President Putin doesn’t change the batteries in his remote frequently enough.”
“President Trump makes public appearances several times a day,” Sanders said. “In the course of those appearances, President Putin’s remote can drain its battery very quickly.”
Calling Putin’s remote-control operation of Trump “far from glitch-free,” Sanders said that there have also been problems with the Russian leader’s attempts to control Trump’s thumbs when he tweets in the early-morning hours.
“Sometimes President Putin has tried to operate President Trump’s thumbs and there has been the same low-battery issue,” she said. “This has resulted in random capital letters, misspellings, and, in some cases, gibberish.”
Sanders scolded the press for speculating that Trump’s slurred speech was the result of problems with dentures or his brain. “We are working with tech support to resolve the issue,” she said.


https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trumps-slurred-speech-tied-to-low-battery-in-putins-remote





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Trumps Slurred Speech Tied to Low Battery in Putins Remote (Original Post) orangecrush Dec 2017 OP
Better explanation than a "dry throat" pandr32 Dec 2017 #1
... orangecrush Dec 2017 #3
Perfect! pandr32 Dec 2017 #11
I love good satire Gothmog Dec 2017 #2
Borowitz orangecrush Dec 2017 #4
"We are working with tech support in India to resolve the issue" dalton99a Dec 2017 #5
... orangecrush Dec 2017 #8
When they sentence Trump, add making him spend a day in Andy's mind. L. Coyote Dec 2017 #6
... orangecrush Dec 2017 #7
Now that's funny carterbob251 Dec 2017 #9
...or Putin lost the remote to Trump's motorized Ben-Wahs! TheBlackAdder Dec 2017 #10
The sun passing through the plane of geostationary satellites cause interference with Putin Thor_MN Dec 2017 #12
Putin could try holding it near his head. JohnnyRingo Dec 2017 #13

pandr32

(11,588 posts)
1. Better explanation than a "dry throat"
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 02:35 PM
Dec 2017

I have never known anyone to slur when their throat gets dry. Cough maybe.

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
12. The sun passing through the plane of geostationary satellites cause interference with Putin
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 04:40 PM
Dec 2017

Puppet strings. The streaming satellite service has glitches when the radiation from the sun overpowers the output of the satellite's transmitters.

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