Donald Trump appears to think Barbie maker Mattel is a country and these 17 hilarious takedowns are just sublime
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Hearing that the leader of the country of Mattel will be meeting to discuss a new trade agreement with the emperors of Heard and McDonald islands.
— Covie (@covie_93) May 9, 2025
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— griff (@griff4u2nv) May 9, 2025
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Didn’t realize Mattel had that much pull that they created their own country
— Bill the Beaver (@TrueNorthStr0ng) May 8, 2025
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— ChrisGPT (@chriskclark) May 8, 2025
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Ah yes… the great country of Mattel… not to be confused with their arch rival, the nation of Tonka & Hasbro!
— AtlUtd711 (@Mark_D_Bertram) May 8, 2025
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Mattel has been letting in lots of fentanyl, this is critical to national security.
— Brian (@bboesen) May 8, 2025
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Is Trump going to invade “Mattel”? What’s he going after barbie dolls?
— Jump Back to Reality ⚖#Resist (@JumpBackReality) May 8, 2025
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Pick your poison … the President referring to a company as a country (where you at @AlexThomp?) or just openly threatening to levy a 100% tariff on that company’s products if they move their manufacturing abroad (shout out free market capitalism ) https://t.co/aZUsJItT6Q
— scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) May 8, 2025
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So, we gonna talk about the fact that the Manchurian Cantaloupe thinks Mattel is a country or nah?
— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) May 8, 2025
To conclude …
Mattel is a country?
25th this man already.
— Art Candee (@ArtCandee) May 8, 2025
And this.
What the hell is he talking about, and why was Biden struggling wall-to-wall news but this incoherent babbling is somehow ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://t.co/mosBaEWAnK
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) May 9, 2025
And also this.
Trump now wants to punish specific companies who have been critical of his trade war.
This is what authoritarians do. https://t.co/J7wgkKbK9o
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) May 8, 2025
And this!
A couple of issues here:
1. Mattel is not a country.
2. Mattel is not a “he”.
3. Trump is batshit crazy.— Henry Nachtman (@HankKnight) May 8, 2025
And just in case Trump or any of his Magas were still in any doubt …
Mattel is an American company, headquartered in El Segundo, CA.
— D.C. Thornton (@dcthornton) May 8, 2025
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Source @Acyn