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Ohioboy

(3,243 posts) Thu Sep 5, 2019, 03:34 PM Sep 2019

I've been away from the news for awhile. What's this Trump Sharpie stuff all about? [View all]

I understand he embellished a weather map and showed it to the press. But why? What did it do for him? What was his sorry ass trying to prove by doing such a thing? That's the part I missed.

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I've been away from the news for awhile. What's this Trump Sharpie stuff all about? [View all] Ohioboy Sep 2019 OP

Read all about it: The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #1

He mistakenly said Alabama was in the path of Hurricane Dorian. RockRaven Sep 2019 #2

Well done. Reading the summary is just insane. John Fante Sep 2019 #3

Wow Ohioboy Sep 2019 #4

PLUS when a reporter asked him who drew on the map (after some journos pointed out RockRaven Sep 2019 #6

You might be better off not knowing Downtown Hound Sep 2019 #5

#sharpiegate klook Sep 2019 #7