Hostages informed Trump is President-Request Return to North Korea

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

North Korea released three American citizens being held prisoner in that nation today. After being turned over to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, they boarded a plane back to the United States. After embarking on their journey home, the three men who had been held without communications with their families were informed that in their absence, Donald Trump had been elected president. "You mean the guy from The Apprentice?" asked Kim Dong-chul, a 64-year-old South Korean-born U.S. citizen, who had been held the longest. "I thought North Korea had a crazy leader", added Tony Kim, 59, who also goes by Kim Sang-duk.

After conferring for several minutes the three men asked the Secretary of State if it would be possible to turn the plane around and leave them back in nation from which they had just been freed. "It's hard to believe what has happened to our country" said a clearly dejected Kim Hak-song, "have we really been gone that long?". The three decided that it would be better to just "hang out" in North Korea until this Trump thing passed. President Trump derided the trio in a tweet calling them "disgraceful" and "un-American".

[BlueDog22]

1. Okay, that was funny....Thanks

[DFW]

2. If this is yours, send it in to the New Yorker! n/t

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

3. Yes I did this.

I was thinking about it and cracking myself up and decided to make it a little formal and share it. Can't you just picture them on the plane saying "who did you say is President-get out of here!"

[George II]

8. Andrew Borowitz' twin brother? One thing though, two were captured in 2017, so they knew...

....still VERY funny though.

[SergeStorms]

9. That's what I thought too.

Is this Borowitz? When I didn't see a link, I began to wonder.

Good one, Dread Pirate Roberts! Love the screen name as well.

[DFW]

15. It reminded me of the scene in BTTF where the professor asks:

"You're from thirty years into the future? OK, who's president?" And he laughs hysterically when he hears it's Ronald Reagan.

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

16. That's exactly what I was thinking!

That guy?

[JDC]

4. The title alone earned my rec. thx

[Ms. Toad]

5. Except that two of the three were taken prisoner after Trump was elected. n/t

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

6. Do you read articles from The Onion and say "that's not true"?

It's just satire!

[NCjack]

7. but. but .... you have an obligation to get the facts right.

You made me larf.

[Ms. Toad]

11. My comment was made because Trump/Faux news have been touting the fake news

that the men were taken prisoner during Obama's tenure as president (and he is rescuing them). Not a meme I'd want to play into - even in satire.

[Ms. Toad]

10. No - BUT - in this case Trump has been trying to pin the blame for them being imprisoned

on Obama. So - given the rapid pace at which false news spreads - best not to write satire that plays into that false, blame-everything-on-Obama meme, since I assume that is not a meme you support.

[joshcryer]

14. You had to go and ruin it didn't ya.

This could've wound up on SNOPES!

[meow2u3]

12. K&R for excellent satire

Keep up the good work.

[mountain grammy]

13. Very good. I was sure it would be Andy.

Yes, send it to the New Yorker or the Onion.