For those of you who haven’t heard yet, Mike Tyson recently announced his support for Donald Trump in the upcoming election. When asked why he supports Trump, Tyson had this to say:
“He should be president of the United States… That’s what he should be… Why are people mad at the people? Because this is who the people want to be president…”
I’m not going to make too many jokes at Tyson’s expense, even though it’d be so easy right now. Mostly because I’m afraid that if he saw me making fun of him on the internet he’d punch me out. For the two of you who got that, yes that joke was on purpose.
Though considering that Tyson and Trump have had a very friendly relationship since the late 80’s I suppose that Tyson backing Trump isn’t all that far-fetched. It just seems weird that Tyson wouldn’t be a bit miffed at Trump’s opinions on Islam since he’s a pretty devout Muslim. I mean, he did the whole Mecca pilgrimage thing and married the daughter of a Muslim cleric. And I haven’t even started on Trump’s many racist quotes.
The only thing that could make this story any weirder is if Donald Trump announced Tyson as his VP for the 2016 election. God, wouldn’t that be a trip? I bet conservative pundits would quickly change their tune on Islam if they had to worry about Tyson literally biting their ear off.
Thankfully for Islamophobes all over the country I doubt we’re going to be seeing a Trump/Tyson ticket any time soon, which is unfortunate because the resulting madness would make my job so easy.
Then again it’s not like Donald Trump is going to win the election anyway. He’s just a passing fad, like POGs or that weird haircut I had in middle school. As more and more Republican hopefuls drop out of the race we’re going to end up with the most moderate and electable candidate, and while Trump is many things, I don’t think anyone would consider him to be moderate in any regard.
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