Trump Says Prison Time for Ex-President of France Sets Horrible Precedent

[Rhiannon12866]

PALM BEACH (The Borowitz Report)—Shortly after the sentencing of Nicolas Sarkozy, Donald J. Trump issued a statement claiming that prison time for the ex-President of France sets a “horrible precedent.”

In the statement, Trump called the corruption case against Sarkozy a “rigged hoax” and claimed that the former French leader was being treated “very unfairly.”

“This should never be allowed to happen in that country,” he said.

Trump said that he was currently mulling options to help Sarkozy, including running for President of France himself in order to issue its ex-President a pardon.

Reacting to the statement, the current French President, Emmanuel Macron, said that the most remarkable thing was that Trump spelled both “President” and “precedent” correctly.


Short article, no more at link: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-says-prison-time-for-ex-president-of-france-sets-horrible-precedent



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[Blue Owl]

1. LOL

[NYC Liberal]

2. Is it bad that until I got to "running for President of France himself to issue a pardon",

and the URL afterward, I didn't even consider it was satire?

[Rhiannon12866]

3. I think that's the point

The issues that Borowitz satirizes come so close to reality that they often requite a second read.

[malaise]

6. LOL

Too good

[Captain Zero]

4. Happened to Me.

nt

[SheltieLover]

5. K&R!

[UTUSN]

8. Bwah!1

[Nexus2]

9. Dang it, another one I couldn't tell was a gag until I got to the end [nt]

[marble falls]

10. Arrter le vol! Viva la 2024!

[spanone]

11. I think it sets the most beautiful precedent. trump is our of his fucking mind.

Andy Borowitz is brilliant and trump is still out of his fucking mind.

[Hugin]

12. Wow, I've never seen such a long...

"Except for the grace of Moscow Mitch, there goes I." in my life.

I know this is satire, but, I'm sure these very things may have been said in Mar-a-shithole. If whatzizname even knows who the former President of France is other than a loser in his eyes.

[bullwinkle428]

13. I knew it was a joke from the get-go - when was the last time Chump

ever expressed any kind of concern for anyone other than himself?

[Jimbo S]

14. Didn't John Kerry run for President of France

according to some?

[ironflange]

15. Goddammit!

Borowitz got me again!