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Pickleback
Jul. 27th, 2017 11:11 amFor the benefit of prosperity, today is the day that the White House press secretary read the letter of 9 year old Dylan (aka "Pickle") in support of the president (presumably because they couldn't find any adult republicans willing to write about their Trump themed birthday party.)
This pickle stuff is comedy GOLD, Jerry! The letter in question (at least until twitter breaks the image link...) follows:
Some are saying on twitter that "Pickle" is fake and are tweeting out under the hashtag #pickletruther But fake or not, this is a huge calculated PR move and it makes you wonder what they were thinking. The new press team under Scaramucci is shaping up to be very strange.
As a political play, it seems to be calculated to stir up the "elite vs normal joe" hornet's nest that the Trump team has played so well throughout the election. The left is incredulous of such a bare sentimental move, and looks at the Trump playbook (like impersonating a staffer, 'John Baron' so that he can say great things about himself in the third person.) While the red hat crowd see elites trashing a cute child for his "deplorable" support of the grand Cheeto. "HOW DARE THOSE AVOCADO TOAST EATING LEFTIES QUESTION THE SIMPLE FAITH OF A CHILD?"
In the end, fake or real, Pickle is a pawn, a distraction from the ever increasing intensity of the Russia probe. I'm just glad "Pickle" hasn't come in the form of a preemptive strike on North Korea.
This pickle stuff is comedy GOLD, Jerry! The letter in question (at least until twitter breaks the image link...) follows:
Some are saying on twitter that "Pickle" is fake and are tweeting out under the hashtag #pickletruther But fake or not, this is a huge calculated PR move and it makes you wonder what they were thinking. The new press team under Scaramucci is shaping up to be very strange.
As a political play, it seems to be calculated to stir up the "elite vs normal joe" hornet's nest that the Trump team has played so well throughout the election. The left is incredulous of such a bare sentimental move, and looks at the Trump playbook (like impersonating a staffer, 'John Baron' so that he can say great things about himself in the third person.) While the red hat crowd see elites trashing a cute child for his "deplorable" support of the grand Cheeto. "HOW DARE THOSE AVOCADO TOAST EATING LEFTIES QUESTION THE SIMPLE FAITH OF A CHILD?"
In the end, fake or real, Pickle is a pawn, a distraction from the ever increasing intensity of the Russia probe. I'm just glad "Pickle" hasn't come in the form of a preemptive strike on North Korea.
