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yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 05:19 PM Oct 2019

Republicans Defend Trump's Decision to Give Putin Office Space at White House

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/republicans-defend-trumps-decision-to-give-putin-office-space-at-white-house?fbclid=IwAR2LBIyqXFpa_mWUPD3xeaSNriul3hDoN0pPmk6EWLjpzopwpq7W_6yBbc4&verso=true

The Lindsey Graham "quote" is spot on.

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In a sign that Donald J. Trump’s control over the Republican Party is now complete, congressional Republicans on Thursday defended his decision to give the Russian President Vladimir Putin office space at the White House.

A newly emboldened Trump told reporters that he had furnished Putin with a corner-office suite and secretarial staff to use whenever the Russian President is in town. “He says he plans to be here more and more,” Trump said.

Putin, who moved file boxes into his new office on Thursday afternoon, said he looks forward to many productive hours at the White House with few, if any, interruptions.

“At the Kremlin, people are always sticking their heads in my office, asking me questions,” he said. “President Trump just spends all day watching TV.”

At the U.S. Senate, a visibly angry Senator Lindsey Graham called allegations that there was anything improper about Trump giving office space to Putin “totally unfair, disgusting, and vile.”

“Vladimir Putin has worked harder to run the U.S. government than all of the Democrats in Congress put together,” Graham said.



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Republicans Defend Trump's Decision to Give Putin Office Space at White House (Original Post) yellowcanine Oct 2019 OP
This week satire, next week fact. Vinca Oct 2019 #1
+1 uponit7771 Oct 2019 #12
It has the feel of probability. dchill Oct 2019 #19
LOL... Mike Nelson Oct 2019 #2
When you can't tell if it is satire liberal N proud Oct 2019 #3
EXACTLY what I thought. Doreen Oct 2019 #5
🤣🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏👏👏 n/t Karma13612 Oct 2019 #4
I love good satire Gothmog Oct 2019 #6
A satire tour de force during these difficult times burrowowl Oct 2019 #7
For a minute - I thought this was real KT2000 Oct 2019 #8
I was freaking out when I first started reading it. Dem2theMax Oct 2019 #21
Closer than we might think... Wounded Bear Oct 2019 #9
This is a joke, right? doc03 Oct 2019 #10
It gets harder and harder every week BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #11
KR NT ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2019 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author Person of Interest Oct 2019 #14
Thankfully, this is satire, because I honestly believed it at first. OMGWTF Oct 2019 #15
"This is MUCH better than the red phone hotline." - Kellyanne Conway trof Oct 2019 #16
How do we know it's not true? durablend Oct 2019 #17
My tipoff was Putin calling the orange turd "president." rurallib Oct 2019 #20
No escort needed. Putin has his own key. keithbvadu2 Oct 2019 #18
Trumpberg is even giving Putin a red stapler Blue Owl Oct 2019 #22

Dem2theMax

(9,651 posts)
21. I was freaking out when I first started reading it.
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 08:18 PM
Oct 2019

I know by now to quickly look at the source. Thank goodness my freaking out only lasted a few seconds.

Response to yellowcanine (Original post)

trof

(54,256 posts)
16. "This is MUCH better than the red phone hotline." - Kellyanne Conway
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 07:27 PM
Oct 2019

"It was a DEMOCRAT, for God's sake, John F. Kennedy, who had the red phone 'hotline' direct contact from the White House to the Kremlin installed in the oval office, following the Democrat botched Cuban Missile Crisis, which followed the botched Bay of Pigs fiasco.

How much better will it be if Putin has actual desk space IN the oval office? No problem if the phone lines go down. They'll have actual face-to-face contact.
The Lincoln bedroom is being readied for Vlad and his entourage."

rurallib

(62,423 posts)
20. My tipoff was Putin calling the orange turd "president."
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 07:47 PM
Oct 2019

I doubt Putin is that nice in real life. Would guess Putin calls Trump something like "my puppet."

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