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Rhiannon12866

(202,970 posts)
Tue Jun 30, 2020, 11:57 PM Jun 2020

Trump Did Not Read Taliban Brief Because He Was Busy Not Reading Coronavirus Brief

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Donald Trump did not read a Presidential Daily Brief about Russia paying Taliban militants to attack U.S. troops because he was busy not reading a Presidential Daily Brief about the coronavirus, the White House said on Monday.

Kayleigh McEnany, the White House press secretary, angrily accused reporters of being “totally unaware” of just how much Trump has to not read in a given day.

“Day in, day out, the President has to ignore briefs on a wide range of subjects,” McEnany said. “His ‘Do Not Read’ box is overflowing.”

“I’d like to see any of you try to not read all of that stuff,” she said. “It isn’t easy, especially when the briefs have words like ‘urgent’ and ‘must read’ stamped in big red letters on them.”

After lashing out at the press, McEnany saved her most blistering remarks for the authors of the Presidential Daily Briefs themselves. “Anyone who expects this President to find out something important by reading does not know Donald Trump,” she said.


Short article, no more at link: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-did-not-read-taliban-brief-because-he-was-busy-not-reading-coronavirus-brief



Photograph by Doug Mills / Pool / Getty

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Trump Did Not Read Taliban Brief Because He Was Busy Not Reading Coronavirus Brief (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jun 2020 OP
This made me laugh out loud. MontanaMama Jul 2020 #1
Hey, we sure need some humor here more than ever! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2020 #4
Sad and true sheshe2 Jul 2020 #2
Is it really satire if it's true? Nevilledog Jul 2020 #3
K&R for, didn't get me, la la lah!1 UTUSN Jul 2020 #5
That may be because this is entirely believable! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2020 #6
Au contraire, mon frere, the Andy satiric giveaway was "busy" with the incongruous "not reading"!1 UTUSN Jul 2020 #8
Actually slate did a reality review of the day of the PDB GusBob Jul 2020 #7

MontanaMama

(23,238 posts)
1. This made me laugh out loud.
Wed Jul 1, 2020, 12:02 AM
Jul 2020

Woke up the sleeping bird on my shoulder and the old dog got up and went to bed where it’s quiet. Thanks for the chuckle!

Rhiannon12866

(202,970 posts)
4. Hey, we sure need some humor here more than ever!
Wed Jul 1, 2020, 12:10 AM
Jul 2020

I look for Borowitz every day! And especially now that the late night hosts are in repeats for the "holiday" week, not that anyone is going anywhere! Sorry this disturbed the animals, but right now we need all the laughs we can get!

Rhiannon12866

(202,970 posts)
6. That may be because this is entirely believable!
Wed Jul 1, 2020, 03:11 AM
Jul 2020

And may even possibly be true! (Except at this point it's unlikely that anyone is foolish enough to give him anything to read... )

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
7. Actually slate did a reality review of the day of the PDB
Wed Jul 1, 2020, 06:25 AM
Jul 2020

It was Feb 27th thats the day he said the CV would go from 15 to 0
He bragged about what a good job he was doing on CV
It was Black History month day. He bragged about how great he was for blacks
He spent alot of time bashing CNN
Then he met some conservative playwrights who were doing some production that I never heard of

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