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Amaryllis

(9,524 posts)
Tue May 23, 2017, 05:04 PM May 2017

Remaining Countries on Trump's Itinerary Say They'd Rather Wait a Month and Meet with Next President

By Andy Borowitz

BRUSSELS (The Borowitz Report)—Donald J. Trump’s 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.”

NATO ministers, who had been slated to meet with Trump in Brussels on Thursday, voted unanimously last night to reschedule the meeting for June to accommodate his replacement.

According to one NATO minister, “We don’t see why we should be speaking to Donald Trump when even Melania isn’t doing that.”

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Remaining Countries on Trump's Itinerary Say They'd Rather Wait a Month and Meet with Next President (Original Post) Amaryllis May 2017 OP
oh wish it were true riversedge May 2017 #1
Yep! Yep! Alice11111 May 2017 #4
Omg, glad I'd already finished my coffee! Beartracks May 2017 #2
OK, that there's just funny. furtheradu May 2017 #3
Once again Borowitz kills it. louis-t May 2017 #5
Why should world leaders waste their time and money meeting with democratisphere May 2017 #6
I love Andy Borowitz Gothmog May 2017 #7
Whichever comedian predicted it in 2016 was correct: Aristus May 2017 #8

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
6. Why should world leaders waste their time and money meeting with
Tue May 23, 2017, 05:18 PM
May 2017

a walking impeached president, family and administration.

Aristus

(66,329 posts)
8. Whichever comedian predicted it in 2016 was correct:
Wed May 24, 2017, 12:31 AM
May 2017

With Trump as President, satire will become indistinguishable from reality...

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