WH confirms this letter is real

[Dennis Donovan]

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Jake Tapper ✔@jaketapper

WH confirms this letter is real

Trish Regan ✔ @trish_regan

EXCLUSIVE: I have obtained a copy of ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩’s letter to #Erdogan. ⁦@POTUS⁩ warns him to not “be a tough guy! Don’t be a fool!” Says he could destroy Turkey’s economy if #Syria is not resolved in a humane way. Details tonight at 8pm #TrishRegan #FoxBusiness

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4:47 PM - Oct 16, 2019

Holy shit! That *has* to be completely written by Trump!

[Aristus]

1. Jesus...

[BBG]

29. You said it man...

With apologies to the Dude.

[Gothmog]

2. This is a very weak and crappy letter from a weak man

[MBS]

24. sadly perfect description.

[Celerity]

3. wow

Rump is a clear and present danger to the planet. 25th Amendment time.

[fleur-de-lisa]

4. "Let's make a deal! I will destroy you! Call ya later, kisses!"

Besides the fact that it is written at a 3rd grade level, his mood swings in this one little letter are insane.

[True Blue American]

12. That was the first thing

I noticed. Will call you later, like a teenager. After threats.

Reminds me of a robot call that is going around. Call us back or we will charge you the $229 subscription!


I had one this morning. Several others had the same.

Or the card that says ,” I have tried to find your phone number to speak to you about your house this is the third time, call immediately!”

Please keep this private!

[Cuthbert Allgood]

14. I ran it through a readability checker and it averages 6th grade readability.

But it's a fucking train wreck, for sure.

[Demovictory9]

26. Its certainly not written by an English teacher

[dawg day]

5. That was a week ago?

Wonder how craven his letters are now.

Erdogan, tinpot dictator, initially refused to meet Trump's VP.

He's suggesting he might cancel his visit to the White House.

I think we know who is in charge here, and it's not the most powerful nation in the world.

[underpants]

27. As pointed out on CNN this was BEFORE the Turkish offensive

He either foretold the the results of his own operations or, most likely, someone esssplained it to him.

[lapfog_1]

6. the entire state department should resign in mass

[LeftInTX]

7. WTF???

I declared it was a fake in the other thread. Erdoğan is spelled wrong. Two spaces after periods.

Who in the F....typed this thing?????

[Dennis Donovan]

8. It's mildly terrifying to think Trump wrote it...

...but who else would've written that mess??

[LeftInTX]

10. It is certainly his dictation style...no doubt about that

But I know he didn't type it...

I wonder if Stephen Miller or Jared or some low level thug typed it???

[Doremus]

17. 2 spaces after periods?

It used to be the norm when I was an admin asst back in the cro magnon period.

I take it it isn't any more?

[tblue37]

18. It's not. It was with typewriters, but computers don't need that to keep spacing even.

Here's an explanation:

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/for-the-love-of-god-stop-putting-two-spaces-after-a-period-2

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Typewriters used what’s called monospace typing, in which every letter on the keyboard had the same amount of horizontal space. The key for a lowercase “i” was just as wide as one for a capital “W,” creating an awkward amount of white space between letters, and making it hard to discern where certain words started or ended. To avoid confusion, typists would put an extra space at the end of a sentence.

Monospace typing fell by the wayside in the 1970s, as electronic typewriters were able to write in “proportional fonts.” But the two-space rule persisted. It was so ingrained in the public consciousness that people thought it was the grammatically correct way to type. A generation of educators who grew up with typewriters told us the two-space rule was sacrosanct, and we just haven’t been able to break the habit. That’s understandable. Habits are hard to break, especially muscle memory ones like keyboarding.

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[LeftInTX]

23. I always did 2 spaces, then I got stuck editing a newsletter for a gardening club

I'm horrible with Word, but I had to learn to how do columns, insert pictures and stuff like that. That is where I learned about the one space rule. I still do 2 spaces...but I'm not a professional or semi-professional or an office clerk...or anything....

[underpants]

28. I saw the spaces but I think as long as you are consistent it's okay.

Today it looks strange.

[ecstatic]

9. We are trapped in a car with a drunk driver at the wheel

How on Earth are republicans allowing this to continue? It's madness!

[bluestarone]

11. That sounds about right!

No kidding!

[dalton99a]

13. The stupidest official letter ever written by any modern head of state.

[Hassler]

15. At their next confab photo-op, Erdogan will be giving Chump rabbit ears.

[tblue37]

19. "Rabbit ears" aren't. It is actually the sign of the cuckold. nt

[Garrett78]

16. "...if good things don't happen." His depth of understanding and vocabulary is incredible.

[tblue37]

20. And then he broke into a rendition of "Beat It":

https://m.

[Liberal In Texas]

21. Deadbeat Donnie being an embarrassment is an understatement.

And of course the magats will think it's wonderful, because they're programmed cult bots.

[Mr. Ected]

22. Politics are broken, they said. We need a businessman's mentality in the Oval Office, they said.

They forgot that diplomacy is not a financial matter. They forgot to nominate a businessman. They are idiots, and the world suffers for their stupidity.

[dalton99a]

25. Yep. That's how world-class Wharton-educated executives write a business letter.

Trump is such a pathetic fraud

[NCLefty]

30. Phony carrots, phony sticks. This is the actual Trumpian "art of the deal," folks.