By Laurie Baron
SAN DIEGO−ABC canceled Rosanne Barr’s show for degrading the network’s reputation by tweeting outrageous conspiracy theories and racist insults. Can the American people cancel Donald Trump’s term for degrading the presidency by doing the same thing?
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A week ago President Trump abruptly called off his summit with Kim Jong-un to punish North Korea for threatening the United States in an official statement. After receiving a letter from Kim this week, Trump announced the summit will be held on the original date. Sources familiar with Kim’s letter have leaked its contents: “You are a greater American than Dennis Rodman!”
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Preparations are also being made for a summit between Trump and Putin. They plan to discuss how they can coordinate their campaign strategies for the mid-term elections.
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To counter growing public opposition to the new immigration policy of separating children from their parents if the latter enter the United States illegally, ICE and the Department of Justice have crafted a public relations ad: “ICE and DOJ have separated fewer families than Child Protective Services and divorce.”
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Rumors are circulating that Melania Trump was glimpsed this weekend sneaking across the Canadian border and pleading to be separated from her family.
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Baron is professor emeritus of history at San Diego State University. He may be contacted via lawrence.baron@sdjewishworld.com. San Diego Jewish World points out to new readers that this column is satire, and nothing herein should be taken literally