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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRemaining Countries on Trumps Itinerary Say Theyd Rather Wait a Month and Meet with Next President
BRUSSELS (The Borowitz Report)Donald J. Trumps foreign trip hit a snag on Tuesday, when the remaining countries on his itinerary announced that they would rather wait a month and meet with the next President instead.
It makes no sense for us to roll out the red carpet for Trump when there is going to be a completely different guy in the White House in a month, Hendrik van der Valde, a travel minister for the Belgian government, said. We very much look forward to hosting the next U.S. President, be it Mike Pence or Paul Ryan or whoever.
Citing the exorbitant costs of hosting a President, the Belgian said it would be insane to spend such sums on someone who only has a few weeks left in office.
When a President comes to your country, you have to feed not only him but a whole plane full of people that he brings, the minister added. Jared Kushner, for example, eats a ton, and no one even knows what he does.
It makes no sense for us to roll out the red carpet for Trump when there is going to be a completely different guy in the White House in a month, Hendrik van der Valde, a travel minister for the Belgian government, said. We very much look forward to hosting the next U.S. President, be it Mike Pence or Paul Ryan or whoever.
Citing the exorbitant costs of hosting a President, the Belgian said it would be insane to spend such sums on someone who only has a few weeks left in office.
When a President comes to your country, you have to feed not only him but a whole plane full of people that he brings, the minister added. Jared Kushner, for example, eats a ton, and no one even knows what he does.
http://www.newyorker.com/?p=3512735&mbid=nl_052317%20Borowitz%20Newsletter%20
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Remaining Countries on Trumps Itinerary Say Theyd Rather Wait a Month and Meet with Next President (Original Post)
madokie
May 2017
OP
You should put "satire" in the caption so people know this isn't true, don'tcha think?
Honeycombe8
May 2017
#6
Me, too! My heart skipped a beat at first. Then it sunk in...wait..that can't be true, can it? nt
Honeycombe8
May 2017
#11
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,738 posts)1. ...
luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)2. too funny!
babylonsister
(171,102 posts)3. LOVE! I'm sure he's close to the truth. nt
elleng
(131,202 posts)4. Right, and too bad the Italians are wasting all that great food on him!
world wide wally
(21,757 posts)5. I hope they send him a bill
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)6. You should put "satire" in the caption so people know this isn't true, don'tcha think?
Lest stupid people like me think it might be true, if only for a minute.
LOL Lib
(1,462 posts)8. Oh how I wanted it to be true!
I figured satire but was secretly wishing to be wrong.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)11. Me, too! My heart skipped a beat at first. Then it sunk in...wait..that can't be true, can it? nt
chwaliszewski
(1,514 posts)7. Andy B. is the shit!
Too funny.
malaise
(269,219 posts)9. ROFL
Earth Bound Misfit
(3,555 posts)10. Love Borowitz K n R