Published 17:06 IST, October 21st 2019
Hillary Clinton mocks Trump with parody of his letter to Erdogan
Hillary Clinton mocks Trump with parody of his letter to Erdogan in a twitter post. The letter is written by John F Kennedy to Russian leader Nikita Khrushchev.
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It seems Hillary Clinton has joined the brigade of people who are amused and affected by Trump's letter to Erdogan as on October 20, the American politician posted a parody letter on Twitter supposedly sent by John F. Kennedy during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. The letter is written in the same tone as Trump wrote to Turkey. It is basically a parody that has been written on mocked-up White House letter paper and addressed to Russia's then-leader, Nikita Khrushchev. Social media users have been sharing the letter earlier until Hillary jokingly claimed that she found it in the archives.
Details of the parodied letter
The letter pretending to be from president Kennedy reads out the first line in a very casual and informal manner in which the then US President asked the then Russian leader to get the missiles out of Cuba. Kennedy further asserts that everyone will glorify Khrushchev if he removes the missiles, calling him the best. But if he doesn't do that then everyone will criticize him calling Russia 'The Soviet Bunion", inferring the Soviet Union, Kennedy is joked as saying. Just after this line, the letter echoes the bizarre tone of Trump's letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in which he warned that he would wreck Turkey's economy if its invasion of Syria went too far. The joke letter reads that Kennedy is going nuts over the missiles and will call Khrushchev later on to talk.
In the original letter on October 9, Trump wrote: "You don't want to be responsible for slaughtering thousands of people, and I don't want to be responsible for destroying the Turkish economy -- and I will. Don't be a tough guy. Don't be a fool. I will call you later".
Clinton Vs Trump and detailed inference of the parody
Clinton was defeated by Trump in a neck to neck competition in 2016 Presidential Elections. The democrat has been backing efforts to impeach him over his dealings with Ukraine and is still a regular target of the president during his speeches. The parody letter portrays the Cuban missile crisis and face-off between Kennedy and Khrushchev that threatened to tip the world into nuclear war. The then US President had to impose a blockade of the island as Soviet missile installations were detected in Cuba. It was reported that a secret agreement in the US ceased the havoc that was about to wreak as Soviet ships laden with nuclear missiles heading for Cuba turned back at the last minute. On the other hand, in the present date following the Turkish offensive in Syria, Trump has pulled off US troops from the region and warned the country to stop its actions.
12:56 IST, October 21st 2019