Double Secret Surprise!
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Recall the oft used rom-com trope where, right after a frenemy talks about getting a very hot date, that the protagonist immediately lies and says s/he has one too?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/27/us/politics/trump-yankees-fauci.html
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An hour before Dr. Anthony S. Fauci threw the first pitch at the season opener between the New York Yankees and the Washington Nationals, President Trump stood on the briefing room stage at the White House and declared that he, too, had been invited to throw out his own opening pitch.
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There was one problem: Mr. Trump had not actually been invited on that day by the Yankees, according to one person with knowledge of Mr. Trump’s schedule. His announcement surprised both Yankees officials and the White House staff.But Mr. Trump had been so annoyed by Dr. Fauci’s turn in the limelight, an official familiar with his reaction said, that he had directed his aides to call Yankees officials and make good on a longtime standing offer from Mr. Levine to throw out an opening pitch. No date was ever finalized.
After the president’s announcement, White House aides scrambled to let the team know that he was actually booked on Aug. 15, although they have not said what he plans to do. Over the weekend, Mr. Trump officially canceled.
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All the news that's fit to print.
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I did read this story. He was scheduled to throw the ball on August 15th. But, canceled because he had "work commitments" that day.
That is pretty obvious he or the White House is trying to save face.
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@jon-nyc said in Double Secret Surprise!:
He’s so transparently weak.
He certainly appears to sweat the small stuff.
