The Trump log
It’s just over a month into Hillary Clinton’s historic presidency, and Milo Yiannopoulos works as a Starbucks barista, the Koch brothers have fled the US and the first woman to occupy the Oval Office is the exacting policy wonk that millions of Americans expected. Her approval ratings are skyrocketing, her news conferences “oppressively intelligent,” “boring” and “too sane”. And Donald Trump is on the verge of being charged with treason by the Department of Justice. This liberal fantasy on steroids arrives courtesy of Hillarybeattrump.org, a satirical news site designed to dive deeply under the skin of Trump and anyone who supports him. The site channels the Onion’s humour, the National
Enquirer’s whacked-out headlines and the Huffington Post’s progressive indignation. The site’s founder, a 30-year-old East Coast writer, said Hillarybeattrump is meant to serve as a refuge from reality for liberals. But mostly, she said, it’s a chance to troll the opposition whose party actually won the presidency. The Kuwaiti Government could pay up to US$60,000 to Trump’s hotel in Washington for a party that will be an early test of Trump’s promise to turn over profits from such events to the US Treasury. The Kuwait Embassy is hosting an event to mark their National Day. A senior Republican congressman agreed that a special prosecutor should investigate Russia’s alleged interference with the 2016 presidential election. Representative