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riversedge

(70,306 posts) Wed Mar 15, 2017, 08:11 PM Mar 2017

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"How do I make Hawaii not a state anymore?" Trump asked his Counsel

It is a pun on How do I make this legal. Trump to Rudy

Scott Dworkin?Verified account @funder

"How do I make Hawaii not a state anymore?" Trump asked his Counsel

#trumprussia #blackouttrump #scotus

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(((Lori Dorn)))?Verified account @HRLori

@funder Ironic that it's the same state where @POTUS44 was born and where Trump didn't accept their birth certificate format.

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"How do I make Hawaii not a state anymore?" Trump asked his Counsel (Original Post) riversedge Mar 2017 OP

Hey, Lori. yallerdawg Mar 2017 #1

I honestly don't know whether this is real or fake...? nt renate Mar 2017 #2

Well, correct me if I am wrong but didn't we kind of "rent" Hawaii? Doreen Mar 2017 #3

I think we just took it. Maybe thinking of the Panama Canal Zone? unblock Mar 2017 #5

OK, I just remember hearing something about somewhere. Doreen Mar 2017 #6

What's the context on this? RedWedge Mar 2017 #4

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)

1. Hey, Lori.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Wed Mar 15, 2017, 08:14 PM

Mar 2017

That's not irony. That is justice.

renate

(13,776 posts)

2. I honestly don't know whether this is real or fake...? nt

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Wed Mar 15, 2017, 08:18 PM

Mar 2017

Doreen

(11,686 posts)

3. Well, correct me if I am wrong but didn't we kind of "rent" Hawaii?

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Wed Mar 15, 2017, 08:49 PM

Mar 2017

I once heard something like that. I am not sure how it worked but it seems they kind of run on a different platform than other states.

unblock

(52,328 posts)

5. I think we just took it. Maybe thinking of the Panama Canal Zone?

Reply to Doreen (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 15, 2017, 09:07 PM

Mar 2017

I think we had a 99-year lease on that.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)

6. OK, I just remember hearing something about somewhere.

Reply to unblock (Reply #5)

Wed Mar 15, 2017, 09:15 PM

Mar 2017

I had heard about that 99 year lease. I just did not retain all of the information. Thanks for explaining.

RedWedge

(618 posts)

4. What's the context on this?

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Wed Mar 15, 2017, 08:52 PM

Mar 2017

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