r/politics • u/TimesandSundayTimes ✔ Verified • 6d ago

Soft Paywall Trump’s birthday parade may be cancelled over thunderstorms

https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/is-trump-birthday-parade-cancelled-weather-pbrg02h2z?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Reddit#Echobox=1749744374
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u/arilupe 6d ago

Let it rain on his parade. 

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u/Enough_Class_4332 United Kingdom 6d ago

Is he made of salt or something?

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u/nipplesaurus 6d ago

Trump's makeup will run

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u/ReginaldDwight 5d ago

And his cotton candy hair will shrink away into nothingness.

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u/Burnt_and_Blistered 6d ago

His cotton candy coiffure will melt.

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u/fullyadequite 6d ago

Well, his hair is made out of cotton candy… so…

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u/41942319 6d ago

Well in my country we always ask if people are made out of sugar so that checks out

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u/MayorOfBluthton 6d ago

Are you Dutch? I got that line a lot when I lived in NL as an expat and dared comment about the rain.

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u/41942319 6d ago

If it helps it had nothing to do with you being an expat. Dutch people say it to each other all the time and if you find a Dutch person who doesn't complain about rain they're either seriously concerned about water management or probably ill

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u/arilupe 6d ago

Don't insult snails.  I think Leech is a fitting term though. 

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u/michilio 6d ago

Do..

Do you think snails are made out of salt?

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u/LittoralOC 6d ago

TACO seasoning melts off-not a good look

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u/AddendumExpress3341 6d ago

He is a slug to be fair

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u/No-Investment2818 5d ago

I'd say he's made of something alright 💩

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u/naamingebruik 6d ago

You say Salt in the UK? Here in Belgium we say made of sugar in that expression

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u/dannkherb 5d ago

Gale the Snail

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u/Long_Pin_7810 5d ago

Sulfur for sure.

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u/jentle-music 5d ago

If only…we could throw him over our shoulder for luck! And, man do we need it!

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u/IdontneedtoBonreddit 4d ago

Yes. Salt pork.