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douglas9

(4,359 posts)
Sat Jan 11, 2020, 08:39 AM Jan 2020

YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT TRUMP SAID ABOUT HIS MIDDLE NAME

In the midst of the Golden Globes, as celebrities strolled the red carpet, smiling for the paparazzi, it felt like outside the confines of Tinseltown the world was boiling. Iran had struck an American air base in Iraq, Donald Trump was twittering away stirring the pot, and Australia was feeling the brunt of decades of disastrous climate change decisions.

On this week’s episode of Inside the Hive, Vanity Fair special correspondent Gabriel Sherman, who was attending the Globes for his show, The Loudest Voice, relayed a story that sums up the Trump presidency and the mess we’re currently living in. Standing near the bar, Sherman ran into Frank Luntz, the Republican pollster, and the two started chatting. Sherman asked Luntz when he last saw the President. “Last week, at the White House Christmas party,” Luntz said. Sherman asked what the two men talked about, to which Luntz replied that he had asked Trump what his middle initial “J” stands for. “Genius,” Trump responded.

In addition to this anecdote, Sherman elucidated how the Iran catastrophe went down inside the Trump White House, why anti-immigration scribe Stephen Miller still has a job, and why Don Jr. will go on to run for office, but Ivanka won’t.

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https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/01/you-wont-believe-what-trump-said-about-his-middle-name

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YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT TRUMP SAID ABOUT HIS MIDDLE NAME (Original Post) douglas9 Jan 2020 OP
I was certain this was the Onion or similar.😳 dewsgirl Jan 2020 #1
Donald The John Trump. pwb Jan 2020 #2
I'll bet Melania hasn't given it up in years, nt captain queeg Jan 2020 #4
Trump was going to say Jesus to the guy then realized he wasn't a fundie stooge & quick saved it lunasun Jan 2020 #3
Finally Frank Luntz is useful for something underpants Jan 2020 #5
I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that Luntz was making a joke. Skinner Jan 2020 #6
I hope everyone knew this wasn't real SCantiGOP Jan 2020 #7
Donald Trump is a jenius! MatthewHatesTrump2 Jan 2020 #8

pwb

(11,292 posts)
2. Donald The John Trump.
Sat Jan 11, 2020, 08:51 AM
Jan 2020

It is John like in user of prostitutes. Trump cant get laid unless he pays for it or marries.

Skinner

(63,645 posts)
6. I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that Luntz was making a joke.
Sat Jan 11, 2020, 10:15 AM
Jan 2020

I'm no fan of Frank Luntz, but the man pays attention to politics and surely he already knew Donald Trump's middle name before last week.

That, and the fact that this joke is all over the internet.

https://www.google.com/search?&q=J+stands+for+Genius&tbm=isch

Methinks Gabriel Sherman and Vanity Fair got played.

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