Trump Derailed by Obama’s Endorsement

[iandhr]

WASHINGTON Adding a new wrinkle in an already unpredictable election year, Donald Trump saw his poll numbers plummet on Monday after receiving a surprise endorsement from President Barack Obama. The long-awaited downfall of the abrasive billionaire came in startling fashion, as few had expected the President to offer a full-throated endorsement of Trump, especially on the eve of the all-important Super Tuesday primaries. Praising the Republican front-runner during a nationally televised address, the President said that, despite media reports to the contrary, Trump shared his views on such important issues as immigration and religious tolerance. “In every way that matters, Donald and I are on exactly the same page,” Obama said, pointing to a framed picture of the billionaire on his Oval Office desk.

Concluding his endorsement with an emphatic closing argument, Obama said, “If you love me, vote for Trump.”

In several G.O.P. polls taken after the President’s stunning endorsement, Trump sank from first to fifth place, trailing the retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson by several points.

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-derailed-by-obamas-endorsement

[ghostsinthemachine]

1. Ha! I LOL'd out loud! (NT)

[irisblue]

2. you made me snort coffee

republican racists heads would explode

[kydo]

3. LOL I wonder if in secret Obama totally toys with the idea

of ruining any repug contender by endorsing them. It would be hilarious if he did. He should make a deal with turtle man and eddy munster. I'll endorse trump and cruz, if turtle man lets a vote happen on the Supreme Court nominee and if little eddy will promise not to shut the government down at least until I leave office.

[monmouth4]

4. OMG, that is beautiful. Thank you so much for posting...LOL...n/t

[Attorney in Texas]

5. Nice to see The New Yorker jumping into the hole left by the formerly great The Onion!