PARTLY FACETIOUS: Mian sahib has surpassed President Trump in cherishing family values
“President Trump is an off-ramp kind of guy.”
“And that means exactly what?”
“Well if a frontal approach does not work he goes for a….a…”
“Posterior approach?”
“I guess what I mean is if one tactic fails, for whatever reason, he changes tactics. In the case of Iran, he is no longer launching attacks even after Iran attacked some ships, and he wrote on social media that he has decided on a low-key approach – defined as focusing on a decline of the Iranian economy creating hardships for the people…..”
“OK, but the Iranians have been grappling for 47 years against frozen accounts and sanctions, so this low-key approach is very much on ramp rather than off.”
“President Trump has redefined off-ramp I reckon, a lesson learned after recent dealings with adversaries notably Russia and Iran – subsequent to defeat on the battlefield reverting to sanctions and freezing accounts as an off-ramp…..”
“Right that reminds me — President Trump deals directly with our Field Marshal and the Prime Minister which explains why there has been no full-time ambassador appointed for a while now…..what?”
“Did somebody inform Aurangzeb of that? The guy spent time on our watch briefing the acting head of the US mission on his recent US visit, I mean doesn’t he realise that even if she isn’t the Ambassador the mission must have been provided the input on his visit by the Department of State….why are you laughing?”
“Aurangzeb then proceeded to get his staff to detail what was stated and sent out over ten paragraphs to the media….”
“Be kind, he is new at his job.”
“It’s been more than two years….”
“Well it’s not like his predecessors who used a revolving door to leave the ministry and then come right back through….”
“The front entrance or the back door.”
“OK but going back to President Trump I would just like to state that one of his friends Infantino the head of FIFA….”
“Yeah he was going to sell 20 percent to private investors, one investor being Jared Kushner’s brother….”
“And this is what you must learn – family is important. Mian sahib has always put family first as have the Bhutto Zardaris while the Man Who Must Remain Nameless and Faceless placed his Third Wife first, not a blood relative and….”
“Well I reckon Mian sahib has surpassed President Trump in cherishing family values. His samdhi is only Ambassador to France, Mian sahib’s samdhi is deputy prime minister…..”
“Shush any way Infantino is not Trump’s friend but a vassal, a….”
“OK, but he has appealed to Trump to save his job which seems unlikely, but reports indicate that Trump is considering appointing him as the next UN Secretary General or perhaps even the head of World Bank or…or what about the Board of Peace…….”
“Don’t be facetious.”
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