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In what reads like a political satire that even I couldn’t concoct on my grumpiest day, Robert F Kennedy Jr. has thrown out a statement that’s so bombastic, it feels like it should have its own laugh track. He claims that none other than the former President Trump had the whimsical notion to name him as a potential vice-president in his run for the office. Yes, that’s the environmental lawyer who’s as much a Kennedy as he is an anti-vaccine advocate, asked to share the ticket with the man who seems to be on a perpetual campaign rally. Now, if that doesn’t make you choke on your morning brew, Then you’ve got a stronger constitution than I do.
The Breakdown
- When Alternate Realities Collide
- Just picture it: An environmental Kennedy and the king of “beautiful clean coal” running hand in hand towards the horizon. It’s like the odd couple, only this time, it’s not just a sink full of dishes at stake, it’s the planet.
- Just picture it: An environmental Kennedy and the king of “beautiful clean coal” running hand in hand towards the horizon. It’s like the odd couple, only this time, it’s not just a sink full of dishes at stake, it’s the planet.
- The Rally That Could Have Been
- You can almost hear the campaign speeches, filled with the sort of contradictions that would send any fact-checker into early retirement. “We’re going to have the cleanest water, the best air, and so much oil, you won’t know what to do with it!”
- You can almost hear the campaign speeches, filled with the sort of contradictions that would send any fact-checker into early retirement. “We’re going to have the cleanest water, the best air, and so much oil, you won’t know what to do with it!”
- Conspiracies Galore
- It’s a pairing that conspiracy theorists would salivate over. With Kennedy’s penchant for a good conspiracy and Trump’s… well, entire existence, the campaign slogans write themselves: “A New World Order of Thinking!”
- It’s a pairing that conspiracy theorists would salivate over. With Kennedy’s penchant for a good conspiracy and Trump’s… well, entire existence, the campaign slogans write themselves: “A New World Order of Thinking!”
- A Shared Vision of a Splintered World
- Somehow they’d have to merge their visions for America’s future. Trump’s wall might have ended up green, covered in solar panels, serving a dual purpose of keeping people out and cutting down carbon emissions.
- Somehow they’d have to merge their visions for America’s future. Trump’s wall might have ended up green, covered in solar panels, serving a dual purpose of keeping people out and cutting down carbon emissions.
- The Ticket That Keeps on Giving
- As a comedian, this is the kind of material that could sustain me for an entire presidential term. It’s the political equivalent of a food fight at a state dinner – messy, chaotic, and utterly fascinating.
- As a comedian, this is the kind of material that could sustain me for an entire presidential term. It’s the political equivalent of a food fight at a state dinner – messy, chaotic, and utterly fascinating.
The Counter
- Maybe It’s a Stroke of Genius?
- Or perhaps this is the masterstroke that would’ve unified America. Vegans and carnivores, riffing together, in a Kumbaya circle around Trump Tower.
- Or perhaps this is the masterstroke that would’ve unified America. Vegans and carnivores, riffing together, in a Kumbaya circle around Trump Tower.
- A New Age of Enlightenment
- Could this have been the dawning of an age where science and alternative facts sit down for a nice cup of tea and sort out their differences? Nah, let’s be real here.
- Could this have been the dawning of an age where science and alternative facts sit down for a nice cup of tea and sort out their differences? Nah, let’s be real here.
- The Political Armageddon Averted
- Think of it this way: this partnership was so powerful, so monumentally game-changing, that the universe itself intervened to make sure it never happened. Thanks, universe!
- Think of it this way: this partnership was so powerful, so monumentally game-changing, that the universe itself intervened to make sure it never happened. Thanks, universe!
- Tolerance and Understanding
- What a lesson in tolerance it would’ve been. If these two can get along, who says cats and dogs can’t be roommates, and a T-Rex can’t play the cello?
- What a lesson in tolerance it would’ve been. If these two can get along, who says cats and dogs can’t be roommates, and a T-Rex can’t play the cello?
- Climate Change Solved
- Perhaps this was the secret solution to climate change all along – a presidential duo so hot with contradictory opinions that it reverses the cooling trends of the impending ice age.
- Perhaps this was the secret solution to climate change all along – a presidential duo so hot with contradictory opinions that it reverses the cooling trends of the impending ice age.
The Hot Take
Finding the funny in what could have been the most epic facepalm in American history could be my life’s mission. But beyond the belly laughs and the slapstick of politics, lies a deeper issue. We need leaders who aren’t just about the punchline, see. Leaders who understand that governing isn’t a reality show where you’re fishing for ratings between commercial breaks.
The real fix? We’ve got to stop treating politics like it’s the latest episode of “The Bachelor.” We need to elect folks who can tell the difference between a climate report and their horoscope, and who wouldn’t consider putting an anti-vaxxer a heartbeat away from the presidency. Because, let’s face it, the reality that could spawn from jokes like these is scarier than any stand-up routine I’d dare deliver.
Source: Robert F Kennedy Jr claims Trump had asked him to be running mate
