Letter to the Editor

On buying parts of countries

By Glenn Henricksen (of Danish descent), Newburgh
Posted 8/28/19

Rumor has it that President Putin of Russia and President Xi are in a bidding war to buy New York and California. President Trump of the United States has not responded, even to the point of calling …

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Letter to the Editor

On buying parts of countries

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Rumor has it that President Putin of Russia and President Xi are in a bidding war to buy New York and California. President Trump of the United States has not responded, even to the point of calling the idea “absurd.” Such a sale would be of great advantage to Mr. Trump for the income would greatly reduce the national debt and would ensure Mr. Trump’s reelection.

In the words of the late, great Senator Beauregard Claghorn, “That’s a joke, son.”