2016 Postmortem
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MOSCOW (The Borowitz Report)Calling the Republican nominees behavior completely indefensible, the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, cancelled a joint campaign appearance with Donald Trump on Monday.
Putin, who had been scheduled to campaign alongside Trump at a rally in Columbus, Ohio, said that he would make no joint appearances with the billionaire for the remainder of the campaign.
As the father of two daughters, I cannot condone or defend Mr. Trumps behavior, the Russian leader said in a curt official statement.
In addition to cancelling his appearance with Trump, Putin, who had been expected to spend thirty-one million rubles, or roughly five million dollars, on Trump campaign ads, is pulling those funds and will instead focus on down-ballot races, the statement said.
Appearing on CNN, Trumps campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, attempted to downplay the Putin defection by claiming that Trump still has the support of many other totalitarian dictators.
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(7,888 posts)for the humour. You know, Borowitz is lost in space, oui? There is nothing humorous about this unless you are a masochist or an Onion reporter?