Report: White House Official Says Trump Personally Drew Sharpie Bubble On Map

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As President Donald Trump won’t let the Hurricane Dorian map snafu out of his teeth, a White House official has identified the amateur cartographer as the President himself.

According to the Washington Post, the official said that “no one else writes like that on a map with a black Sharpie.”

The bubble extended Dorian’s path to include Alabama, a state which Trump has vehemently insisted was in the path of the storm, despite rebuttals from a whole host of meteorologists. Some have speculated that it’s a violation of the law to alter a weather report.

The President has insisted on drawing out the story, spewing tweets, sharing maps and even releasing a statement in his red-faced insistence that he was right.

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  1. Well, duh. Like that’s a surprise.

    Carefully watching the WH to see who gets canned over the next day or two…

  2. Avatar for nycabj nycabj says:

    Who cares about the people devastated by the storm in the Bahamas, or those on the East Coast being flooded and suffering damage from wind and tornadoes?
    Once again, it’s all about him.

  3. Well, surprise, surprise!! It looked like a two year old drew it, so it had to be Trump.

  4. Avatar for gonzoc gonzoc says:

    It would be so Dump if the Army Corps of Engineers were forced to divert funds to Dumpdonors in Alabama for hurricane erosion just to prove the Dump was right all along.

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