{"id":2720,"date":"2022-08-13T03:05:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T07:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2720"},"modified":"2022-08-13T06:19:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T10:19:24","slug":"fatal-flaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2720","title":{"rendered":"Fatal Flaw"},"content":{"rendered":"

His castle in Palm Beach,\u00a0
\ncalled ‘Mar-a-Lago,’ (Sea to Lake),
\nwas home to secret documents
\nhe had no right to take.
\nSome with top priority,
\nlike info about nukes,
\nwere hidden in a basement
\nclub accessible to kooks.
\nWhen asked to give them back,
\nhe didn’t even offer half.
\nTo him, the notion ‘classified’
\nwas nothing but a laugh.
\nConfronted with an FBI raid
\ntaking back the haul,\u00a0
\nhe gave the following excuse
\n(the man has lots of gall):
\n“Every President steals things
\nwhen forced to leave their post.
\nSo what if I stole a few things.
\nObama took the most.”
\nThe man has no conception
\n\u00a0of the notion of the law.
\nOne hopes this proof of treason
\njust might be his final flaw.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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