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Rhiannon12866

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Mon Oct 19, 2020, 11:40 PM Oct 2020

Trump Accuses New Zealand's Prime Minister of Competently Handling the Coronavirus to Get Reelected [View all]

JANESVILLE, WI (The Borowitz Report)—Calling New Zealand’s Prime Minister “crooked and rigged,” Donald J. Trump accused Jacinda Ardern of competently handling the coronavirus pandemic in order to get reëlected.

Speaking at a rally in Wisconsin, Trump called Ardern’s use of public-health measures to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus on her nation “a sleazy political move like you wouldn’t believe.”

“This woman wanted to get reëlected, so she decided to go after the coronavirus and beat it,” he said. “This woman is a disgrace.”

Ramping up his attack on Ardern, Trump accused her of securing her election victory by “listening to scientists.”

“She was talking to scientists every day,” Trump charged. “It’s all going to come out when we see her e-mails.”

In a final denunciation of Ardern’s successful handling of the pandemic, Trump vowed, “You’ll never see me pulling something like that.”


Short article, no more at link: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-accuses-new-zealands-prime-minister-of-competently-handling-the-coronavirus-to-get-reelected



Photograph by Hannah Peters / Getty

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Had to click, sounded totally plausible captain queeg Oct 2020 #1
Right? SunSeeker Oct 2020 #2
You Did It Again, Mem'Sahib The Magistrate Oct 2020 #3
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