Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

orangecrush

(19,645 posts)
Thu Jan 11, 2018, 09:09 PM Jan 2018

Trump Demands Poem on Statue of Liberty Be Revised to Exclude Shithole Countries

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Donald J. Trump demanded on Thursday that the poem at the base of the Statue of Liberty be revised immediately to exclude nations he considered “shithole countries.”
Speaking to reporters, Trump said that the poem as it currently stands “is basically an open invitation that says, like, if you come from a shithole country, welcome aboard.”
“I don’t know the entire poem, but it’s something like ‘Give us your tired, your poor, your yadda yadda yadda,’ ” he said. “We could keep all that but then put in, right at the end, in big letters, maybe, ‘except if you’re from a shithole country.’ ”
“I think if a boat from a shithole country came and saw that poem with those words at the end, they would turn around and go right back to wherever they came from,” he said.
Shortly after Trump made his remarks about “shithole” countries, representatives of the countries he designated as such released a joint response.


https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-demands-poem-on-statue-of-liberty-be-revised-to-exclude-shithole-countries



Dignity of the office - destroyed.

10 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Trump Demands Poem on Statue of Liberty Be Revised to Exclude Shithole Countries (Original Post) orangecrush Jan 2018 OP
I know Borowitz is satire, but I can well imagine such a scenario happening. n/t Different Drummer Jan 2018 #1
+1 uponit7771 Jan 2018 #3
actually, yeah orangecrush Jan 2018 #6
+2 orangecrush Jan 2018 #7
LOFL!! This I believe is the best ridicule of Red Don; to laugh at him and proclaim he's ignorant uponit7771 Jan 2018 #2
I have to laugh orangecrush Jan 2018 #8
the last paragraph.... dhill926 Jan 2018 #4
Well said orangecrush Jan 2018 #5
Kick for visibility. lamp_shade Jan 2018 #9
Thanks! orangecrush Jan 2018 #10

dhill926

(16,373 posts)
4. the last paragraph....
Thu Jan 11, 2018, 09:22 PM
Jan 2018

“We do not understand President Trump’s aversion to so-called ‘shithole countries,’ since he is doing his best to turn the United States into one,” the statement read.

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Trump Demands Poem on Sta...