PARTLY FACETIOUS: Trump has undermined his office

“The Prime Minister is a three trump man.”

“Excuse me?”

“Three trump and by that I don’t mean The Khan is three times what Trump is though one can debate that too but…”

“And as a Khanzadeh I would take that as a compliment. Trump is a very powerful man based on the office he holds and…”

“Even though he has undermined that office a number of times…”

“Not in letter, never in letter, only in spirit….”

“He couldn’t in letter because the laws of the land would have come into play, and the spirit you talk of refers to the elected members of the Republican party’s consistent lack of backbone and…”

“Hey I would just like to thank Trump and Family for emulating our politics – we had First Daughter before Ivanka came on the scene, we had First Son In Law before Jared Kushner…”

“That’s not true, I doubt if Nawaz Sharif ever listened to his Son in Law though the First Samdhi is his legacy so in terms of First Son In Law Trump is without doubt the trail blazer…”

“Hmmm and don’t forget the US has always had a First Lady and so did we in previous administrations but somehow our first ladies were never fashionable or canvassed for their husbands…or…”

“Stop, she is not a political figure and she doesn’t even stay in the official residence. Anyway when I said The Khan is a three trump man I wanted to highlight the fact that he has had three wives, reportedly three children, and last but not least he has three Buzz’s.”

“Oh come on, there is one Buzz and the guy imitates The Khan which as you and I both know is the best form of flattery…”

“He doesn’t have any decision to make so he imitates The Khan in dress, and need I add The Khan’s clothes have undergone a change since a few months before he was elected and…”

“OK so who is the second Buzz?”

“That’s a tough one to narrow down – those selected to be office bearers of Pakistan Cricket Board….I mean performance of the team is as bad if not more than during the time when the Man Who Shall Remain Nameless was heading it and PCB’s website notes that Chairman PCB, a Khan appointee, spent Rs 10,246,118 between July last year and June this year on expenses and for the year before another 10 lakh…”

“Hey that’s better than Rs 40,539,201 spent by the Man Who Shall Remain Nameless from June 2017 to August 2018.”

“Indeed but it doesn’t include their monthly salary…”

“And who is the third Buzz?”

“Ali Zaidi and his prominence in the case against the former First Son.-in-Law…”

“Indeed.”

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