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13. Yup, that's what tipped me off to this being satire. Everything else totally believable n/t

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Mon Jul 29, 2019, 08:47 PM

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Trump Escalates Baltimore Attacks With Rambling Press Conference Tearing Into Edgar Allan Poe [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2019 OP

Oh, so now he's a literary critic? grumpyduck Jul 2019 #1

I feel like I'm living in Bizzaroworld. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jul 2019 #44

Somehow I knew Poe would be dragged into this BS. Thanks onion. panader0 Jul 2019 #2

Oh, crap. :) grumpyduck Jul 2019 #45

Don't feel bad. Reality and satire have blended theses days. panader0 Jul 2019 #46

Sometimes with Trump the truth is stranger than sarcasm from the Onion. ... spin Jul 2019 #52

Trump wouldn't have a clue to what Poe wrote let alone the sinkingfeeling Jul 2019 #3

Lub Dub, Orange M'F'er forgotmylogin Jul 2019 #41

Right ck4829 Jul 2019 #48

I have to learn to read the citation before I start texting. lapucelle Jul 2019 #4

shit shit shit shit pangaia Jul 2019 #5

Don't feel bad Leith Jul 2019 #12

LOL Whew. pangaia Jul 2019 #18

Yeah, I'm laughing, too Leith Jul 2019 #22

I'm eating dinner while reading this, and spitting peas in my indignation.... dixiegrrrrl Jul 2019 #17

that is really horrifying.. because that is becoming the new reality pangaia Jul 2019 #19

+1 uponit7771 Jul 2019 #30

I KNEW it haha.... dhill926 Jul 2019 #6

honestly, you should put "onion" in the subject line. Please. Grasswire2 Jul 2019 #7

I almost believed this but then considered that Trump PA Democrat Jul 2019 #8

Yup, that's what tipped me off to this being satire. Everything else totally believable n/t Blaukraut Jul 2019 #13

Yep ck4829 Jul 2019 #49

Poe is buried in a graveyard in Baltimore, behind The World Famous Lexington Market. no_hypocrisy Jul 2019 #9

I knew this was going to be the Onion. smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #10

I was halfway through it and came across "internal rhyme schemes". WTF? yonder Jul 2019 #11

The office of president has become a shadow of itself ck4829 Jul 2019 #50

Oh damn! Can you please also alert to the word, "Parody" when you post stuff like this please? Maraya1969 Jul 2019 #14

You actually thought rump would even know who Edgar Allen Poe was? Tipperary Jul 2019 #20

Yeah, as soon as I saw Edgar Allen Poe and Trump in the same sentence, LuvNewcastle Jul 2019 #31

MAGA Ravens fans won't like that redstateblues Jul 2019 #15

The list of great Baltimore writers is long JaneQPublic Jul 2019 #16

This time I knew it was the Onion. BlueStater Jul 2019 #21

I thought of The Tell Tale Heart... BigmanPigman Jul 2019 #23

It took me a second to question the providence of the story. Collimator Jul 2019 #24

LOL zentrum Jul 2019 #25

I knew it wasn't real, Trump couldn't read a pamphlet, let alone a novel. patphil Jul 2019 #26

It had me believing it until my reason kicked in and dflprincess Jul 2019 #27

I thought he might have know about Edgar Allen Poe by watching old movies!! demigoddess Jul 2019 #28

Sometimes, it's hard to tell the truth from satire sakabatou Jul 2019 #29

HAHAHAHAHA I was reading it to my wife... Johnyawl Jul 2019 #32

Just raven mad he is Nasruddin Jul 2019 #33

As soon as "boozehound" and "lost love" were mentioned Martin Eden Jul 2019 #34

And you know who Poe was pals with? B Stieg Jul 2019 #35

In the beginning of the first thing defacto7 Jul 2019 #36

I say, "Never more..." Mme. Defarge Jul 2019 #37

Shit! I think the Onion is just reporting what's really happening. lunatica Jul 2019 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author Rainbow Droid Jul 2019 #39

Yeah its almost believable except one dead giveaway... jcgoldie Jul 2019 #40

Time to reconsider the 25th Laura PourMeADrink Jul 2019 #42

Whew!!! It's only The Onion, but MF45 dumped on George Washington, Eugene Jul 2019 #43

K&R ck4829 Jul 2019 #47

The saddest part is, that this kind of over-the-top satire has become believable. DetlefK Jul 2019 #51

This is the first time I knew it was the Onion without looking. There's no way Dear Leader Vinca Jul 2019 #53