“Absence makes the heart grow fonder.”
“Indeed so here is a restraining order.”
“Don’t be facetious.”
“OK how about absence makes the heart grow fonder of someone else.”
“Shush be serious.”
“OK, so why mention absence? Who is absent in your life?”
“Well this is with reference to President Trump.”
“I agree he is never ever absent — even when he is not present he makes his presence felt.”
“You mean the Truth Social uploads and his calling up his favourite reporters to give them scoops and picks up their phone in case they call and…”
“Indeed but he is the President of the US – if he wasn’t then not many would be quoting him or seeking a sound bite from him….”
“Yeah, yeah, anyway when I quoted the proverb absence makes the heart go fonder I was actually not referring to President Trump, well not directly.”
“There is no one absent that he wants around him. I mean you can’t….”
“Stop, his Secretary of State Marco Rubio is not a chief negotiator right?”
“He isn’t even a side negotiator, I would reckon he is a tertiary negotiator – see chief is the principle, leads strategy, and that is Witkoff and Kushner, then there is side negotiator who handles internal communication and relays intelligence and the tertiary who acts as a support scribe or observer.”
“Well Rubio is not into peace negotiations – you know with Russia or Iran but a…”
“Stop right there, he is the lead in South America; a neighbourhood, where he hails from and need I say those South Americans are way easier to deal with than these Asians and Russians…..”
“Hamm all I wanted to mention to you is that our Rubio is Ishaq Dar….”
“Hey there was no seat available in flight to Switzerland.…”
“I thought the Prime Minister’s plane….”
“Technical teams took up the bulk of space and…”
“Doesn’t he occupy a technical seat?”
“Well for your information he is a deputy prime minister so in the US parlance he is JD Vance.”
“That I believe.”
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