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L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
Mon Jun 19, 2017, 03:15 PM Jun 2017

Trump Orders the Execution of Five Turkeys Pardoned by Obama

In another sweeping move aimed at undoing the perceived damage done by the Obama administration, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday directing the Department of Justice to revoke all sixteen Thanksgiving Day turkey pardons issued by the former president during his eight years in office.

“After reviewing the decisions made by the previous administration, President Trump has determined that a number of turkey pardons issued by Barack Obama were done so in a manner that was both deceitful and hazardous to the American people,” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer announced on Tuesday. “This morning, the president once again used his executive powers to see to it that justice is served and that the surviving creatures will be destroyed.”

Spicer said very little is known about the true origins of the sixteen turkeys or why they were specifically singled out by former President Barack Obama. “There are a lot of obvious questions we just don’t have the answers to. Were they connected to radical Islamic terrorism? Black Lives Matter extremists? We can’t be sure,” he said. “All we know is they were sentenced to death and Obama took it upon himself to meddle in the independent judicial process.”

...................... http://realnewsrightnow.com/2017/01/president-trump-orders-execution-five-turkeys-pardoned-obama/

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Trump Orders the Execution of Five Turkeys Pardoned by Obama (Original Post) L. Coyote Jun 2017 OP
Someone beat you by 10 minutes, but you have more text JHB Jun 2017 #1
It's posted on Facebook. L. Coyote Jun 2017 #4
I love good satire Gothmog Jun 2017 #2
These days,,,, MyOwnPeace Jun 2017 #7
Butternut is the Anti-Obama liberal N proud Jun 2017 #3
Gotta love satire sites like this one. WePurrsevere Jun 2017 #5
Some of the Trump satire fits too well, for sure. L. Coyote Jun 2017 #6
Promising to pay and then not... WePurrsevere Jun 2017 #10
Way too close to the non-satirical hell hole we find ourselves in. (nt) Paladin Jun 2017 #8
More prescient than satirical, for sure. That was January. L. Coyote Jun 2017 #9

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
5. Gotta love satire sites like this one.
Mon Jun 19, 2017, 03:30 PM
Jun 2017

What's sad is that some people I know are struggling a bit with being able to tell whether an article is satire or real because of the absurdity and asshole that is Trump.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
6. Some of the Trump satire fits too well, for sure.
Mon Jun 19, 2017, 03:48 PM
Jun 2017

Trump proposes paying for funerals to placate opponents of trillion dollar TrumpCare tax cuts.

Sounds just like them, doesn't it.

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
10. Promising to pay and then not...
Mon Jun 19, 2017, 04:46 PM
Jun 2017

Sounds much more like Trump and the Republicans to me.

Satire was so much easier with Obama as president. I didn't need to think about it even for a split second I just knew it wasn't real.

The only thing that would truly surprise me with Trump would be if he suddenly started being a decent human being and truly caring about others, our environments, human and civil rights, etc and working to make things better for veterans, seniors, disabled and the poor and middle class instead of for himself and his rich cronies.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
9. More prescient than satirical, for sure. That was January.
Mon Jun 19, 2017, 04:32 PM
Jun 2017

Trump's only "accomplishment" so far is undoing stuff, is his war on Obama's legacy.

Trump is going down in history as the most evil person ever elected to high office in America.

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