Triple-check my persona

[sovay]

spatch, reading a tweet from the White House: "'The United States and Italy are bound together by a shared cultural and political heritage dating back thousands of years to Ancient Rome.'"

Me, a classicist: "Oh! That'd be the fascism!"

Comments

[rachelmanija]

I think it's because it's what Erdogan told him to do, and Trump will always do whatever it takes to cozy up to brutal dictators.

[sara]

Did you read the letter he sent Erdogan? It's practically illiterate. I can't believe this is what passes for presidential correspondence nowadays.

[rachelmanija]

YES. Apparently CNN contacted the White House to confirm that it was real because they thought it was a parody.

[sovay]

Apparently CNN contacted the White House to confirm that it was real because they thought it was a parody.

I don't blame them.

[sara]

I found it striking that the NYT reproduced it in its entirety, which is certainly...what passes for courageous critical commentary from them nowadays.