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Jake Tapper ✔@jaketapper
WH confirms this letter is real
Trish Regan ✔ @trish_regan
EXCLUSIVE: I have obtained a copy of @realDonaldTrumps letter to #Erdogan. @POTUS warns him to not be a tough guy! Dont be a fool! Says he could destroy Turkeys economy if #Syria is not resolved in a humane way. Details tonight at 8pm #TrishRegan #FoxBusiness
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4:47 PM - Oct 16, 2019
Holy shit! That *has* to be completely written by Trump!
Aristus
(66,093 posts)BBG
(2,476 posts)With apologies to the Dude.
Gothmog
(143,999 posts)MBS
(9,688 posts)Celerity
(42,650 posts)Rump is a clear and present danger to the planet. 25th Amendment time.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,615 posts)Besides the fact that it is written at a 3rd grade level, his mood swings in this one little letter are insane.
True Blue American
(17,972 posts)I noticed. Will call you later, like a teenager. After threats.
Reminds me of a robot call that is going around. Call us back or we will charge you the $229 subscription!
I had one this morning. Several others had the same.
Or the card that says , I have tried to find your phone number to speak to you about your house this is the third time, call immediately!
Please keep this private!
Cuthbert Allgood
(4,867 posts)But it's a fucking train wreck, for sure.
Demovictory9
(32,323 posts)dawg day
(7,947 posts)Wonder how craven his letters are now.
Erdogan, tinpot dictator, initially refused to meet Trump's VP.
He's suggesting he might cancel his visit to the White House.
I think we know who is in charge here, and it's not the most powerful nation in the world.
underpants
(182,274 posts)He either foretold the the results of his own operations or, most likely, someone esssplained it to him.
lapfog_1
(29,166 posts)LeftInTX
(24,549 posts)I declared it was a fake in the other thread. Erdoğan is spelled wrong. Two spaces after periods.
Who in the F....typed this thing?????
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)...but who else would've written that mess??
LeftInTX
(24,549 posts)But I know he didn't type it...
I wonder if Stephen Miller or Jared or some low level thug typed it???
Doremus
(7,261 posts)It used to be the norm when I was an admin asst back in the cro magnon period.
I take it it isn't any more?
tblue37
(64,979 posts)Here's an explanation:
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Typewriters used whats called monospace typing, in which every letter on the keyboard had the same amount of horizontal space. The key for a lowercase i was just as wide as one for a capital W, creating an awkward amount of white space between letters, and making it hard to discern where certain words started or ended. To avoid confusion, typists would put an extra space at the end of a sentence.
Monospace typing fell by the wayside in the 1970s, as electronic typewriters were able to write in proportional fonts. But the two-space rule persisted. It was so ingrained in the public consciousness that people thought it was the grammatically correct way to type. A generation of educators who grew up with typewriters told us the two-space rule was sacrosanct, and we just havent been able to break the habit. Thats understandable. Habits are hard to break, especially muscle memory ones like keyboarding.
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LeftInTX
(24,549 posts)I'm horrible with Word, but I had to learn to how do columns, insert pictures and stuff like that. That is where I learned about the one space rule. I still do 2 spaces...but I'm not a professional or semi-professional or an office clerk...or anything....
underpants
(182,274 posts)Today it looks strange.
ecstatic
(32,566 posts)How on Earth are republicans allowing this to continue? It's madness!
bluestarone
(16,720 posts)No kidding!
dalton99a
(81,065 posts)Hassler
(3,321 posts)tblue37
(64,979 posts)Garrett78
(10,721 posts)tblue37
(64,979 posts)Liberal In Texas
(13,453 posts)And of course the magats will think it's wonderful, because they're programmed cult bots.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)They forgot that diplomacy is not a financial matter. They forgot to nominate a businessman. They are idiots, and the world suffers for their stupidity.
dalton99a
(81,065 posts)Trump is such a pathetic fraud