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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIn 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 Trumps 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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okaawhatever
(9,462 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)Rhiannon12866
(206,099 posts)That part gives it away...
Mersky
(4,986 posts)The ruling isnt complete - the ruiner of maps and everything that hes is, cannot have the benefit of a marker.
(Truth be told, I did a terrible job of skimming the piece, but cant bring myself to delete the joke. )
Rhiannon12866
(206,099 posts)And he will never live that down!
Mersky
(4,986 posts)Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,299 posts)Rhiannon12866
(206,099 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,299 posts)Anything that slams 45 is OK with her.
Rhiannon12866
(206,099 posts)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