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ZeroCool@piefed.ca to The Onion and other satire w/ layers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 7 days ago

Trump Requests $1.2 Trillion To Have

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ZeroCool@piefed.ca to The Onion and other satire w/ layers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 7 days ago
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WASHINGTON—Declaring the financial allocation a matter of utmost urgency, President Donald Trump on Monday requested $1.2 trillion to have. “I’m calling upon Congress today to immediately provide me with $1.2 trillion in funding that I currently do not possess but which I will possess once it is given to me,” said Trump, acknowledging that he […]
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    Lmao I thought the title got cut off 😂

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    Can’t even smell the onion any more.

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    The onion needs to stop reporting the news.

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    Its not funny

  • D_C@sh.itjust.works
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    Well, fuck. The comments are what made me look at which comm I’m in. Up until that point I fully ate the onion.

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    I legitimately think this would work if he tried. Republicans obviously don’t dare to cross him, Democrats seem to be rolling over faster than ever, and we citizens are so terrified of our military being turned on us that we wouldn’t do anything about it.

    I think he should try it if for no other reason than to have a hilarious endcap on our nation for the history books.

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      From what I can see its not terror of military its fanatical electoralist rulesism decorum fetishists who will not tolerate anything else

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    this is just a story that’s already happened at least twice, but with a bigger number

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    Not funny, didn’t laugh.

    And why is it not funny? Because this isn’t satire, he straight up does shit like that.

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      Satire doesn’t have to be funny. In this case is the exact point.

      The type of content is sarcastic, which, unlike irony, usually isn’t funny.

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