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South African President to Trump: "I'm sorry I don't have a plane to give you."
It has been said that the best jokes are dangerous because they are in some way truthful.
On Wednesday, a dangerous joke was told in the Oval Office. The South African president turned to the American president and said: “I’m sorry I don’t have a plane to give you.”
There was a lot packed into this one little aperçu. Nothing has so succinctly summed up the way the rest of the world feels it must now approach America as these 10 words.
I’m sorry I don’t have a plane to give you.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/us/politics/trump-plane-south-africa-gifts.htmlOn Wednesday, a dangerous joke was told in the Oval Office. The South African president turned to the American president and said: “I’m sorry I don’t have a plane to give you.”
There was a lot packed into this one little aperçu. Nothing has so succinctly summed up the way the rest of the world feels it must now approach America as these 10 words.
I’m sorry I don’t have a plane to give you.
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