PUTIN AGREES TO RECEIVE INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS IN TRUMPS PLACE

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NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—In what Donald Trump’s transition-team members are calling a further example of international coöperation, Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to receive daily U.S. intelligence briefings in the place of the President-elect.

Trump, who had earlier decided that he did not need the briefings and had assigned Vice-President-elect Mike Pence to receive them, said on Tuesday that Putin was a “much better choice.”

“No offense to Mike, but Vladimir Putin is just a terrific, terrific guy to do this,” he said. “He knows all the players.”

Trump said that, while he was “totally uninterested” in receiving the briefings, Putin appeared to be “extremely interested.”

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/putin-agrees-to-receive-intelligence-briefings-in-trumps-place?mbid=social_twitter

One of the better satires from Borowitz.

[Vinca]

1. Trump is going to put Borowitz out of business. The story is not beyond the realm of probability.

[oberliner]

2. Yes, he is difficult to satirize

SNL also.