Thursday, December 12, 2019

Fwd: Trump Named Person of the Year


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Date: Thu, Dec 12, 2019, 3:33 PM
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The editor of Popular Sociopath magazine said that the President bested a daunting roster of competitors.
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President Donald Trump Satire from The Borowitz Report

Trump Named Person of the Year by Popular Sociopath Magazine

The magazine's editor said that the President bested a daunting roster of competitors that included Mitch McConnell, Tucker Carlson, and Donald J. Trump, Jr.

By Andy Borowitz
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"We saw this guy acting entirely bizarre, and we decided we had to have him in our circus," the proprietor said. "It's hard to find a sideshow attraction with that much potential."

By Andy Borowitz
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Trump Accuses Whistle-Blower of Working for United States

"This is the biggest witch hunt in the history of witches or hunts, and it was all started by someone who was in the pay of the United States," the President said.

By Andy Borowitz
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