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Trump’s SNL Tweet (Below) Is Just A Distraction. Right?

Then Again, Has Any Other President Ever Publicly Threatened “Retribution” Because Someone Made A Joke About Them?

Eric J Scholl
6 min readFeb 18, 2019

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If you haven’t seen it already, click here or on the photo to watch the SNL segment to which Trump is referring.

Alec Baldwin as the President

Comedians Have Always Made Cracks About The President. All Presidents.

It’s Part Of The Job Description Of Comedians, And It’s Part Of The Job Description Of Presidents.

And it’s also something just plain citizens do too, just to pass the time sometimes. And that should be something any President understands. And it’s nowhere close to a “REAL” scandal; it’s nowhere close to a scandal at all. In fact, it’s just the opposite.

In so so many other countries citizens do not have the right to poke fun at their…

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Eric J Scholl
Eric J Scholl

Written by Eric J Scholl

Peabody award winning journalist. Streaming media pioneer. Played @ CBGB back in the day. Editor-In-Chief "The Chaos Report" www.thechaosreport.com

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