Washington Post Humor Columnist Challenges Trump To A Duel
A columnist for the Washington Post challenged President Donald Trump to a duel on Wednesday.
Gene Weingarten, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the “Below the Beltway” humor column, joked on Twitter:
.@realdonaldtrump I challenge you to a duel. Your weapon and venue of choice. Or are you too much of a ... pansy-ass coward? #CouldntHurt
— Gene Weingarten (@geneweingarten) August 23, 2017
One reader speculated on the choice of weapons:
Predictions for respective duel weapons of choice?
Weingarten: Wit.
Trump: Money. Or nukes? https://t.co/buX7BaHoVg— Jeremy Hsieh (@jmlhsieh) August 23, 2017
Weingarten replied:
Nukes! I like it. https://t.co/FC3H2aBSvc
— Gene Weingarten (@geneweingarten) August 23, 2017
Trump has not responded, but last year he indicated it might not be a problem for him.
“I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue, shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters,” he boasted.
In any case, Weingarten has moved on to other targets, namely “Star Trek” star William Shatner:
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Meanwhile, I just challenged Trump to a duel, so I'll be even more famous than you pretty soon, Shatner.
— Gene Weingarten (@geneweingarten) August 23, 2017
After some back and forth during a mock feud, Weingarten eventually challenged Captain Kirk to a duel as well:
Oh yeah? Well, now I challenge YOU to a duel. I propose that we fling yo-yos at each other at a distance of ten feet, until one of us dies.
— Gene Weingarten (@geneweingarten) August 23, 2017
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