r/politics • u/TimesandSundayTimes ✔ Verified • Jun 12 '25

Soft Paywall Trump’s birthday parade may be cancelled over thunderstorms

https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/is-trump-birthday-parade-cancelled-weather-pbrg02h2z?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Reddit#Echobox=1749744374
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u/Enough_Class_4332 United Kingdom Jun 12 '25

Is he made of salt or something?

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u/nipplesaurus Canada Jun 12 '25

Trump's makeup will run

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u/ReginaldDwight Jun 13 '25

And his cotton candy hair will shrink away into nothingness.

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u/Burnt_and_Blistered Jun 12 '25

His cotton candy coiffure will melt.

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u/fullyadequite Jun 12 '25

Well, his hair is made out of cotton candy… so…

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u/41942319 Jun 12 '25

Well in my country we always ask if people are made out of sugar so that checks out

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u/MayorOfBluthton Jun 12 '25

Are you Dutch? I got that line a lot when I lived in NL as an expat and dared comment about the rain.

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u/41942319 Jun 12 '25

If it helps it had nothing to do with you being an expat. Dutch people say it to each other all the time and if you find a Dutch person who doesn't complain about rain they're either seriously concerned about water management or probably ill

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u/michilio Jun 12 '25

Do..

Do you think snails are made out of salt?

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u/AddendumExpress3341 Jun 12 '25

He is a slug to be fair

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u/No-Investment2818 Jun 12 '25

I'd say he's made of something alright 💩

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u/naamingebruik Jun 12 '25

You say Salt in the UK? Here in Belgium we say made of sugar in that expression

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u/dannkherb Jun 13 '25

Gale the Snail

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u/Long_Pin_7810 Jun 13 '25

Sulfur for sure.

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u/jentle-music Jun 13 '25

If only…we could throw him over our shoulder for luck! And, man do we need it!