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babylonsister

(171,065 posts)
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 09:08 AM Aug 2016

Obama Pays Mexico Five Billion Dollars to Keep Donald Trump

Obama Pays Mexico Five Billion Dollars to Keep Donald Trump




WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama defended his decision on Wednesday to issue a payment of five billion dollars to Mexico to compel that nation to retain custody of Donald J. Trump.

The payment, which will be delivered to the Mexican government in hard American currency by Wednesday afternoon, will insure that Trump will remain in Mexico for the rest of his natural life.

“I have been assured by the government of Mexico that Mr. Trump will be well taken care of and, if he proves to be a productive member of their society, will be provided a pathway to Mexican citizenship,” Obama said.


While the transfer of funds to Mexico sparked howls of protest from some Trump supporters, it was hailed by congressional Democrats, as well as by over a hundred Republicans currently running for reëlection, including Arizona Senator John McCain.

The President bristled at the suggestion that paying Mexico to keep Trump was “reverse ransom” and an extravagant use of taxpayer money. “There is only one accurate word for this payment: a bargain,” he said.




























By Andy Borowitz
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/obama-pays-mexico-five-billion-dollars-to-keep-donald-trump

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Obama Pays Mexico Five Billion Dollars to Keep Donald Trump (Original Post) babylonsister Aug 2016 OP
No Man ! Setsuna1972 Aug 2016 #1
QUICK!!! Build the wall while Trump is in Mexico City. BlueStreak Aug 2016 #2
K & R. n/t FSogol Aug 2016 #3
I love good satire Gothmog Aug 2016 #4
Deal! Yallow Aug 2016 #5
Their goes el neighborhood world wide wally Aug 2016 #6
Someone has been reading O. Henry again, I see. n/t Stonepounder Aug 2016 #7
'The Reverse Ransom of Orange Chief' wcollar Aug 2016 #8
Money well spent! 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #9
I don't think it's enough. nt Maven Aug 2016 #10
It would be a bargain... 3catwoman3 Aug 2016 #11
Throw in his family, and we should have a deal! Fritz Walter Aug 2016 #12

Setsuna1972

(332 posts)
1. No Man !
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 09:11 AM
Aug 2016

My girlfriend is from Mazatlan, I don't want to fuck up Mexico by having them keep Trump !




...now if some Mexican drug cartel lords got a hold of him, that's an entirely different matter ! they have WAYS of dealing with pendejoes like him

 

Yallow

(1,926 posts)
5. Deal!
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 09:53 AM
Aug 2016

$17 per American. Best investment ever made. Imagine if we could have avoided Bush for $17 ea.....

wcollar

(176 posts)
8. 'The Reverse Ransom of Orange Chief'
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 10:22 AM
Aug 2016

This is how Trump will get Mexico to pay for that wall.
Think how much they'll pay us to take him back!

Fritz Walter

(4,291 posts)
12. Throw in his family, and we should have a deal!
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 11:39 AM
Aug 2016

Melanoma, Melancholy -- whatever her name is -- should adapt well: she's already multilingual. She should be able to learn to plagiarize in Spanish in no time at all.

As for the Drumpf spawn... Do the Mayans still practice human sacrifice?

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