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What Trump Might Say

July 22, 2015 at 6:25 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 2 Comments

The Onion runs a fake op-ed from Donald Trump:

“You know what you have to do to make me go away. Just quit paying attention. Stop reading this right now.”

“That’s right, I didn’t think so. I have the power to make the next 16 months one of the most incredible times in our nation’s history, and not a single one of you can say you’re not at least a little bit curious to see how this wild ride shakes out. So just keep clicking every link that mentions my name and hitting play on every clip of my public appearances, and I promise you will not be disappointed.”

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