After the Trump campaign confirmed soon-to-be-graduate Barron Trump’s role as an RNC delegate, and his dad awkwardly forgot his age while reacting to the news, he’s turning down the role, according to his mom.

In a statement from former First Lady Melania Trump’s office, the 18-year-old’s “prior commitments” are blamed for his upcoming and unforeseen absence from the July convention.

“While Barron is honored to have been chosen as a delegate by the Florida Republican Party, he regretfully declines to participate due to prior commitments,” the statement reads.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I don’t know quite how you would do this, but I’d like a combination of this press release and the first press release announcing he would be a delegate set to the music of the song Dueling Banjos.

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      6 months ago

      Damn, now I gotta go watch Burt in Deliverance again.

      Ps. Fun story about the making of the movie. So when the stunt crew was working on the waterfall scene they weren’t sure whether they should use a stuffed dummy or a person. They decided to try both in 2 separate shots, with Burt himself going over the falls after the mannequin shot.

      Afterwards the crew and director got together to see which shot was best, the dummy or Burt. Someone asked what the mannequin shot looked like and the director thought it was so-so. Then they asked about Burt’s shot. The director said it looked like a dummy going over the falls.

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      6 months ago

      It works as an AI music voodoo (thank you autocorrect) featuring Barron as the banjo boy and Tootsie as Ned the piggy fuckeer

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        6 months ago

        umm, Ned was the pig. This isn’t Black Mirror. That had the British PM fucking a pig … on TV.

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          6 months ago

          Oh, right. Ned was squealing like a pig.

          That still works while Stormy pegs Sleepy Don from behind.