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pnwmom

(109,879 posts)
Fri May 23, 2025, 01:35 AM Friday

South African President to Trump: "I'm sorry I don't have a plane to give you."

It has been said that the best jokes are dangerous because they are in some way truthful.

On Wednesday, a dangerous joke was told in the Oval Office. The South African president turned to the American president and said: “I’m sorry I don’t have a plane to give you.”

There was a lot packed into this one little aperçu. Nothing has so succinctly summed up the way the rest of the world feels it must now approach America as these 10 words.

I’m sorry I don’t have a plane to give you.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/us/politics/trump-plane-south-africa-gifts.html
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South African President to Trump: "I'm sorry I don't have a plane to give you." (Original Post) pnwmom Friday OP
I'm sorry I don't have enough money to bribe you into being nice to me. Irish_Dem Friday #1
He is sharp-witted as Rep. Jasmine Crockett Emile Friday #2
And Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum thought crime Friday #3

Irish_Dem

(70,097 posts)
1. I'm sorry I don't have enough money to bribe you into being nice to me.
Fri May 23, 2025, 06:38 AM
Friday

And giving me special favors.

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