• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    Between:

    “The head of Sharpie gets a call. I don’t even know who the hell he is,” Trump said. “He said, ‘Is this really the president?’”

    And:

    Sharpie’s parent company, Atlanta‑based Newell Brands, said in a statement that it had no information about the specific conversation Trump described.

    There’s a very real chance he just called a local Staples and placed a normal order for custom designed sharpie and laid the same price anyone else would have…

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        22 hours ago

        It was 99.9% a “four seasons landscapers” type deal.

        He shouted at someone to get “sharpie” on the phone to order these.

        Some boomer searched “how to order custom sharpies” without realizing how easy of a thing that is in 2026, called the first number, and hand the phone to the president of the United States, who likely got some $11/HR manager at a stationary supply store 5 blocks away from Marlago who thought it was a prank call.

        The dumbest explanation is often the correct one these day

        • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.world
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          19 hours ago

          You win for favorite joke of the day for me with this one. Nicely done.

          Told my wife - I summarized the subject of the submission and the comments just to get to teling her this comment in context, and you have her approval, too. :)