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Amaryllis

(9,524 posts)
Tue Apr 18, 2017, 07:55 PM Apr 2017

Jared Kushner Calls Kim Jong-un Totally Unqualified Person Who Got Job Only Through Nepotism

Satire from the Borowitz Report
Jared Kushner Calls Kim Jong-un “Totally Unqualified Person” Who Got Job Only Through Nepotism
By Andy Borowitz 07:03 P.M.

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Offering a stunningly blunt appraisal of the North Korean leader, Jared Kushner said on Tuesday that Kim Jong-un was a “totally unqualified person” who attained his position of power only through nepotism.

“Here you have a guy who has no government experience, and he’s in charge of the whole thing,” Kushner said, in an interview with Fox News. “It’s the craziest thing I’ve ever heard of.”

Kushner noted that, instead of working his way up and acquiring the skills necessary to do his job, the North Korean leader had been given huge responsibilities and power “only because of family connections.”

“There’s only one word for that,” he said. “Nepotism.”

Kushner called the notion of such an unqualified person conducting foreign policy “beyond belief.”

“I mean, why would you let someone with no experience in foreign affairs anywhere near such important decisions?” Kushner added. “Why would anyone take someone like that seriously?”

Kushner said that the people of North Korea must look at the powerful position attained by the “totally inexperienced and unqualified” Kim and shake their heads. “They’ve got to be asking themselves, ‘Who elected him?’ ” he said.

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Jared Kushner Calls Kim Jong-un Totally Unqualified Person Who Got Job Only Through Nepotism (Original Post) Amaryllis Apr 2017 OP
lulz. n/t area51 Apr 2017 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author Dammit Jim Apr 2017 #2
Lol, but Rump on a normal day can top that. Like yesterday. Hortensis Apr 2017 #3
Priceless. dalton99a Apr 2017 #4
This is what happens Dammit Jim Apr 2017 #5
Don't despair, Andy Borowitz suckers a couple of DUers everytime Brother Buzz Apr 2017 #6
Thank you for that Dammit Jim Apr 2017 #7
... SusanaMontana41 Apr 2017 #8

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Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
3. Lol, but Rump on a normal day can top that. Like yesterday.
Wed Apr 19, 2017, 06:46 AM
Apr 2017

Rump on Kim Jong Un AFTER Chinese President Xi tried to educate him on NK 101:

“I hope things work out well. I hope there’s going to be peace, but they’ve been talking with this gentleman for a long time. You read Clinton’s book and he said, ‘Oh, we made such a great peace deal,’ and it was a joke,” Trump said in an interview on Fox & Friends that aired Tuesday. “You look at different things over the years with President Obama. Everybody has been outplayed. They’ve all been outplayed by this gentleman.”


Jong Un only took over his dad's position in 2011 when he was 27, of course. President Clinton negotiated with his grandfather -- another of the vague "gentlemen" who don't exist even as names for Rump.

Somehow I doubt this surprises President Xi.



Brother Buzz

(36,368 posts)
6. Don't despair, Andy Borowitz suckers a couple of DUers everytime
Wed Apr 19, 2017, 08:40 PM
Apr 2017

Oh, but to be a fly on the wall when Borowitz et al. brainstorm their next story.

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