Thursday, November 17, 2016

Trump's America: Your Weekly Briefing

It's been ten days after the election, and reality is finally setting in.  Donald Trump is President-elect of the United States of America.  Find out how he won and what to expect for the next four to eight years.

Trump: From zero to hero
On Tuesday, November 8th, over 119 million Americans cast their ballot for whom they believed should be the 45th President of the United States.  In one of the most chaotic, unorthodox, and controversial elections of all time America has spoken, and they are heard loud and clear.  Real estate tycoon Donald J. Trump from Manhattan, New York will be the next President.  After being laughed at by The Washington Post, The New York Times, CNN, CNBC, SNL, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, and frankly millions of Americans...look who's laughing now.

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Football and Politics: The year of the upsets
Already in the NCAAF this year, two Pennsylvania football schools have upset #2 ranked teams.  On Saturday, October 22nd, unranked Penn State defeated #2 ranked Ohio State, and on Saturday, November 12th, unranked Pitt defeated #2 ranked Clemson.  But who could forget the biggest shock of all, on Tuesday, November 8th (or Wednesday, November 9th), when the entire state of Pennsylvania upset #1 ranked Hillary Clinton.

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Jinx: The struggle is real
Most Americans refused to go near a newspaper on Wednesday morning, following the election, in an effort to block out what they had hoped was a crazy nightmare.  Although, what most people aren't aware of, is that The Huffington Post jumped the gun by publishing a cover page of Mr. Trump's face with the word "LOSER," across the top, before the results even came in.  This not only proves how incorrect the media was, regarding the outcome of the election, but also that mistakes happen to everybody.

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Trump's Cabinet: To be determined
President-elect Donald Trump has already begun forming his cabinet, in which Vice-President-elect Mike Pence is currently overseeing.  Potential cabinet members include Neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin, Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, and Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.  Notice that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's name was not included in that bunch.  Social media websites are going ballistic considering Christie was one of the earliest insiders to endorse Mr. Trump, as well as stand by his side throughout the entire campaign.  The president-elect states that he has cold feet about appointing Governor Christie in regards to the Bridge-gate scandal.  When Christie received news of this from the Trump camp, he replied...

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Keeping Up With The Clintons: The shocking season finale
According to various sources, Former President Bill Clinton and Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton got into a very heated argument over the phone, only days after the election.  His security staff reports that Former President Bill was extremely red in the face when on the phone, continuing to name-drop James Comey, who may or may not have cost his wife Hillary the election.  Arkansas residents spotted Bill throwing his phone off of a balcony, at his Arkansas penthouse.  He must have been using a Samsung.

Photo Drawn From: BBC News

2 comments:

  1. Great final post! Your final post about the results of the election continued your wit and humor and this is an all around great last post that I really enjoyed reading!

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  2. I love the way you present your information in these posts. The topics you spoke about were very relevant but also funny. I love how you included humor to lighten the tone of a serious election. Great job!

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