a fist bump makes it look like he just hit a home run in the company softball game (and … BOOM go the ethics)

July 2022

“Meanwhile, Joe Biden toured the Middle East and met with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, whom Biden once referred to as a ‘pariah’ for his role in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. This was always going to be a touchy trip because the crown prince is infamously, and I’m putting it delicately here, a murderer. But on the other hand, gas is $5 a gallon, so …” —Stephen Colbert

“It was important that Biden put a lot of thought into how he would greet MBS. Biden opted for a fist bump instead of the standard handshake, and … boom go the ethics.” —Stephen Colbert

“Now, I know you did that because you didn’t want to be seen shaking his hand, but a fist bump is way worse. At least with a handshake you might think, ‘Well, it’s two world leaders, like it or not, but that’s standard enough.’ But a fist bump makes it look like he just hit a home run in the company softball game.” —Seth Meyers

http://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2022/03/1001-ways-to-make-america-great-and.html

“A magisterial collection. A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night of the Earth 

and Orwell’s 1984.”