My son just texted me this take on 45 vs. Amazon:

[sinkingfeeling]

Yesterday at lunch I said I hoped Pence would keep his mouth shut after he was sworn in and read the NTSB report outlining how many Amazon drones were found in the wreckage of AF1's engines.

[Renew Deal]

1. Ask him for a source

[sinkingfeeling]

2. A source of what? He said it.

[Renew Deal]

5. I'm confused

And I don't think I'm the only one. He was joking that they can take down AF1 with drones?

[sinkingfeeling]

13. Wow, yes it was a joke. Too bad it has to be explained to DU when every

other comment made by someone on Twitter is an instant hit. See yesterday's post of this:

Link to tweet

?s=20

[CurtEastPoint]

3. What?

[Blue_Adept]

4. He's saying that Amazon can take out Trump with drones to AF1

[Richard-Ray]

6. Its called humor...

... a feature sorely lacking in our political dudcourde, overall.

[gopiscrap]

19. welcome to DU

[gratuitous]

10. It only gets funnier when you explain it

So, here we go: Amazon is currently the subject of a Trump Vendetta. One might even call them a target, but that's a joke for another time and thread. One of the things Amazon does is allow people to order merchandise online for delivery directly to the purchaser. Amazon has been experimenting with delivering merchandise by drones, which are unmanned aerial vehicles that can be remotely controlled by a person many miles away.

Air Force 1 is the designation of any aircraft transporting the President of the United States. Right now, Donald J. Trump is the President of the United States. Usually, Air Force 1 refers to the Boeing jet airliner the President is traveling on. The airliner is powered by jet engines which have turbines housed inside them. The turbine blades spin at high speed and compress or squeeze the air. The compressed air is then sprayed with fuel and an electric spark lights the mixture. The burning gases expand and blast out through the nozzle, at the back of the engine. As the jets of gas shoot backward, the engine and the aircraft are thrust forward.

The "joke" here is that Amazon, fed up with Trump's antics, would send a squadron of drones to get chopped up in the jet engines of Air Force 1, causing a crash and killing the President. When the office of the President is vacated (in this hypothetical instance by the demise of the incumbent), the Vice President becomes the President. Right now the Vice President of the United States is Mike Pence, who would succeed to the office of the President. Should the events of the joke come to pass, the unseen narrator is advising the new President to tread carefully.

Isn't that hilarious?

[marble falls]

12. Why don't you get a grip on your lip?

[NCTraveler]

8. .

[sarcasmo]

9. Is your son listening to Alex Jones?

[sinkingfeeling]

14. Why would you ask that?

[Renew Deal]

15. People are interpreting it as a conspiracy

Sorry.

[MicaelS]

16. That is not funny in the least.

I despise Trump, but talk of crashing AF1 is not amusing in the slightest. I suggest you delete this at once.

[fleabiscuit]

17. It was just a joke. And it is slightly amusing IMHO. nt

[blugbox]

18. It is clearly a joke

And it is quite hilarious, in my opinion.

Obtain a sense of humor. They are free.