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WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)In an interview with NBCs Lester Holt, Donald Trump boasted that, if he is impeached, the television ratings will be higher than those of any other impeachment in history.
Everywhere I go, people tell me that if I am impeached, theyre going to watch it, he said. The ratings are going to be through the roof.
He said that he expected his impeachment ratings to be many, many times the size of the audience for Bill Clintons impeachment, in 1998.
Its not even going to be close, Trump said. The ratings for Bill Clintons impeachment were a joke.
Asked about the recent impeachment of the former South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Trump said, Did anyone even watch that one? That was Korea. Nobody cares.
As for the impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, he said, I didnt hear about that one. I dont follow Brazil. I like Argentina. I saw Evita many, many times. Andrew Lloyd Webber did a great job. Millions and millions of people loved it. But that was a Broadway show, not an impeachment.
Even though he anticipates just terrific ratings for his impeachment, Trump said that he did not expect the media to provide an honest accounting of his audience size.
Theyre going to lie and say that a lot of people who watched my impeachment didnt watch, and thats going to be very bad and unfair, but its not going to change the fact that my impeachment will be a great impeachment, a really beautiful impeachment, he said.
Andy Borowitz is the New York Times best-selling author of The 50 Funniest American Writers, and a comedian who has written for The New Yorker since 1998. He writes the Borowitz Report, a satirical column on the news, for newyorker.com.
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steve2470
(37,457 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,941 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,898 posts)maryellen99
(3,788 posts)HAB911
(8,890 posts)niyad
(113,278 posts)assuming he meant someone completely without knowledge of history, government, basic civics, etc.
countryjake
(8,554 posts)Txbluedog
(1,128 posts)This idiot thinks its ok for him to be impeached as long as the TV ratings are good?
luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)GallopingGhost
(2,404 posts)The impeachment ratings will be nothing compared to the celebratory fireworks.