The real story behind Trump's fake Irish/Nigerian 'proverb'

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March 17, 2017 in General News

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Donald Trump set heads to scratching on the eve of St. Patrick's Day by sharing a proverb with his gathered "Irish friends" that was neither Irish nor a proverb, as far as anyone could tell. Unfortunately for lovers of irony everywhere, however, it was also not the work of a 30-something Nigerian banker, as many Google searchers suggested after finding the stanzas listed on Poemhunter.com, in a submission by Albashir Adam Alhassan.

Alhassan has since assured CNN, NBC News and Buzzfeed that the work is most definitely his. A quick search of Trump's "proverb," though, immediately turns up online in inspirational quote books, toast books, books full of blessings, homemade books, memes and many religious books, including a union journal from the 1930's we dug up in a rare bookstore in San Francisco. So Alhassan is either really old or bending the truth about his poetic endeavors. Read more...

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