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Clym Yeobright's avatar

Little known fact: Iran had made a major concession, to wit, it modified the coffee machine in the waiting room at its Islamabad consulate to accept American quarters.

Alas, the gesture was lost on Jared. “What is this thing you call ‘a quarter’?”, he asked a reporter. When the reporter showed him one, he tested it with his teeth and said “Interesting. But that doesn’t look at all like Daddy. If it were real money, I’m certain it would have the face of the potentate on it. I carry only trump$-coins in my little red plastic coin-purse. And melania$-nickels, of course. Do many people know about this?” Assured they do, he replied “I’ll have to ask Ivanka; she occasionally mixes with the unwashed masses … at Sak’s.”

Irna Gadd's avatar

🤣🤣🤣 I especially love the “he tested it with his teeth" – true genius Clym.

William Dickinson's avatar

Ouch!! Amazing talent here, dare I say, on par with Andy? Nice one.

Annette's avatar

<snort laugh>

Wis's avatar

Excellent, Clym!! 👏👏. A bedtime story for kiddos and adults alike! (“…My little red plastic coin-purse” 😅)!

Irna Gadd's avatar

I love this edition, Andy. The concept of a tollbooth in the Strait is so funny. The last line has me in stitches- a typical Borowitz pattern: save the (be) best for last. “It is what it is “ has an association now that I’ll never forget. Keep ’em coming, Andy. We need you even more than ever.

L B Rose's avatar

When King Con talks about how he will work with the Iranians, it's exactly this concept that attracts him. He wants to share in the money flow. And of course, not for the US Treasury, but for His Loyal Lowness. Then his war of choice will stop....

We need the TBR to keep us up to date!

Harvey Perry's avatar

The combination of greed, corruption, incompetence, ignorance, and abuse of power by the members of the Trump crime family is amazing. That the Maga Republicans in the House, Senate and Supreme Court are still supportive of the conspiracy boggles the mind. However, they previously supported the QAnon conspiracy theory. Trump says foreigners aren’t laughing at us any more. For once he accidentally spoke the truth. They are looking at America with horror. A lot of Americans are too.

Jan Fabiyi's avatar

There are many disappointed Trump voters now. Much of what they feel is baded on gut reactions or observing that he didn’t do what he promised. What we should be spelling out, simply and clearly, is exactly what acts of his are corrupt, greedy, incompetent, ignorant and abusive (as you say), repeat and keep repeating it until, for the less-than-totally brainwashed, it is clear and obvious what crap he has been doing every single day of this term. Give them the facts that cannot be refuted; they’re at a point where it might start to sink in.

Mark Lip's avatar

Yes and present an alternative that doesn't sound or isn't equally bizarre in the other direction.

Shannon Kincaid's avatar

Andy, this is peak Borowitz—where geopolitics meets Etsy-level entrepreneurship.

And Ivanka’s “it is what it is” might be the most on-brand diplomatic statement since…well, ever.

I'll be eagerly awaiting the sequel: offshore lanes rebranded as “premium shipping experiences,” with surge pricing during tanker traffic.

Clym Yeobright's avatar

‘Etsy-level entrpreneurship’. Hat tip and deep bow, Shannon

Shannon Kincaid's avatar

Clym, you're so kind!

bitchybitchybitchy's avatar

"Premium shipping experiences " with a personal concierge to enhance that experience

Paul's avatar

Andy, when will you start selling "Merch" ?

I'd buy a "TBR "logo hat with "It is what is is" across the back...or 86/47.....

Lorenzo's avatar

Along with Donnie, Petey, Kashi, et al.

Mark Lip's avatar

It's a good start.

Julie Busta's avatar

As tRump blabs on and on about his ballroom, I propose that we start referring to it as “The Bawlroom” with images created of him in the building (which looks like an enormous guilded crib) dressed in a leaky diaper and bawling his eyes out over some perceived problem.

Dana Campbell's avatar

I am imagining an Ann Telnaes cartoon of that scene.

Julie Busta's avatar

Whoops! I just noticed I spelled “gilded” incorrectly. Could also be called a “guilty cage”!

edwin stromberg's avatar

Will Ivanka, or Donald for that matter, pay a ransom for Jared? More likely, they'll go into the prediction markets and bet that they won't (anonymously of course), and win big.

Clym Yeobright's avatar

Hell, his kids will be making book at their prep schools

Lucy K.'s avatar

On point with this guy! Like father, like son. May the whole bunch wind up behind bars one day!

J Cheng's avatar

prison bars! he's already behind gold bars

Susan Moss's avatar

Jared Kushner‘s only claimed to fame he is the first true AI/robot hybrid billionaire. No human affect whatsoever.

Pam Birkenfeld's avatar

Dead eyes like Miller and Zuckerberg

Ruth Bromer's avatar

I think he looks like Miller with hair.

Steve Benko's avatar

Satellite imagery revealed that post-bombing reconstruction has begun converting Iranian missile production facilities into E-ZPASS FOR SHIPS factories. A Revolutionary Guard spokesman confirmed this, saying, "We thank the Great Satan for having given us the push we needed - and the technology - to finally get going with this new program. It's a far easier, cheaper, and more lucrative way to terrorize the West than brandishing all those stupid missiles. We have creating and are awarding President Trump the new World Sharia Peace Prize." Glowing with pride, the American president responded, "These are incredible people. Unlike the Ukrainians, they really know how to thank me. Let Jared rot."

Glenn Ebo Perry's avatar

Great waterways of world-wide fame, like the famous River Mersey,

Have long held interest for that boy

From Livingston, New Jersey.

An expert on the Middle East, adviser to the sheiks,

Young Jared Kushner’s chutzpah

Was the kind that takes the cake.

Perhaps inspired by the tollbooths in the Garden State,

And counting on support from

MBS, a potentate,

The Kushner scheme was foolproof: tankers passing through Hormuz

Were boarded by ICE agents

Who would scrutinize their crews.

And should those crew originate From some vile, shithole nation,

They’d be removed with zeal

For many months’ incarceration.

Unless they ponied up the toll!

Simplicity is beauty.

The crew stayed under ICE control

Until they paid the duty.

Alas! Iranians are not Arabs;

They don’t like them much.

That doesn’t mean that Jared

Ever lost the Midas Touch.

The holdings of the Kushner’s

Skim the graft from far and wide.

Remember that Ivanka Trump is still J. Kushner’s bride.

Clym Yeobright's avatar

And then there was Valerian …

Joanna Rysnik's avatar

NOT shocking. At all. But, if I may ask, where do you get those photos you post? They are amazingly accurate.

LiverpoolFCfan's avatar

Every time I read a Borowitz piece I can literally see the cartoon short in my mind, kind of like a Dudley Do-Right episode. Just so dastardly comical; you really can't make this stuff up (but you can satirize it)!

Clym Yeobright's avatar

I’m thinking more Mr. Peabody, but we’re definitely in the right neighborhood with Natasha/Melania running everything, dollink

J Cheng's avatar

I think you mean Boris?

Stephen Wunderlich's avatar

That tracks.👍😊

Linda MacDonald's avatar

😂😂😂Given the size of the trump crime family we're going to need more zip ties! I figure the crime family wants the ballroom so they can charge a fee for wh soirees and whcd suck up parties.

Clym Yeobright's avatar

I hear that as we speak trump is negotiating with the island of Rhodes to erect a 120-foot gold statue of himself in its harbor. Apparently, he believes it’s the thirteenth state.

BTAM Master's avatar

Stock tip! Invest in zip ties!

Phil M.'s avatar

Now all the ship traffic has to carry a shitload of dimes.

Jim Dygert's avatar

Yes! Governor Lepetomane!

Jim Dygert's avatar

“What will that a**hole think of next !?”

Phil M.'s avatar

I knew somebody here would get it.🤣

Mike Morris's avatar

Never trust a man who looks like he was an original cast member in "The Stepford Husbands." -- Advice provided by: University Life: Smiling at Higher Education, One Post at a Time

https://universitylife.michaeladrianmorris.com

Pam Birkenfeld's avatar

I always think he has dead eyes, like Zuckerberg and Miller!

Elaine Young's avatar

Do you think trump requires dead eyes? Look at melanoma and baron!

Sharon P's avatar

When one thinks of the huge vocabulary the eyes have the thought of 'dead eyes' is more than scary. Twilight zone stuff

Pam Birkenfeld's avatar

I think you are on to it!