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Dranton12
Ah keeping a hostage right in the room.
dannnen1
Can we like remove it for safe keeping? Because I'm sure it'll have sudden unnecessary changes made to it or it'll just disappear "accidentally".
NothingPrince
Wait I was in DC 10years ago, wasn't that on display for public viewing
suggestedCleverUsernameGenerator
He can’t read anyway so no real difference
QuartzPoker
It's not supposed to be in the Oval Office though
clarkWhogotsanity
Just hope it's got ketchup proof glass over it. Hell not like he even understands what it says
HunterArtisanFarmer
Honestly it is probably so he can claim he has the original and that it did not talk about any of the stuff that applies to him. Substitute “king” for trump and the accusations match closer than he likes.
dixxienormus
Relax. It was written by DEI's - immigrants from England, who started a bigly war that our President of Peace, Donald Trump had to stop at a tea party. Read your histerie!
OnFridaysWeWearBeskar
The archives asked that curtains be setup so it can be shielded when not being viewed.
inthepines
Per Putin's request
Picklediddly
The curtains are for, when he’s slapping his little hands on the bottle ketchup!
ecglover
Isn't he a draft dodger?
JimmyWalkerTexasRanger
IDontCareAtAllButIShould
Doubt if he'll ever give it back.
JayH8
How is no one else is concerned that this thing isn't going to just disappear or be replaced by? We found a newly uncovered portion of the declaration on the back where I signed it and now I'm king or something blatantly false and stupid?!?
leesearch1007
The declaration isn't law.
CobraCommander1981
No, it's the CONSTITUTION he's ignoring.
ZK383
I think there are about 25 surviving copies of the Declaration. It looks like it's in a temp/humidity controlled sealed display and the curtains are probably to keep sunlight from fading it.
OnFridaysWeWearBeskar
Correct. People think there's only one copy. Fact is Nicholas Cage had a couple dozen to choose from to steal.
PandaStonetree
Ackchyually... It would have always been the original in the national archives. Why would the secret be duplicated onto all of them. It's not like its a xerox copy...
Edgarflaps
Which is every day.
eddbrowne
I had a nightmare where the pres was a russian agent, idiot, and a habitual traitor-felon.
1eventHorizon9
I really, really, REALLY hope they gave that fucking idiot a fake.
OnFridaysWeWearBeskar
There's like 2 dozen original copies, it's one of them.
readbackmonkey
The curtains are for when Nicholas Cage visits.
Fishkeeper
Aren't the curtains to protect it from the light, since it's a valuable document that can be damaged by light?
FallenJester
It's like when you turn over your family photo on the shelf before you have a wank.
oldguyexlurker
Coward.
Jimmy000000
So it faces you? or it faces away from you? Asking for Trump
astromoondoggie
Ivanka? Toward. The rest of the family? Away.
StarscreamAndHutch
That requires shame. This asshole has none of that.
rbudrick
Or reveal it for the same reason, like Trump would.
HeresYourSauce
Can someone give context here? He didn't order curtains installed so he could ignore it. There are so many other options here. Like even for Trump that doesn't make sense. (Even if it makes for a good caption)
nobodyspecial995
The curtains are to protect it from light (sun, uv) damage. But the joke is still sound.
McPuffinStuff
bitemark
Man, Joe Biden really did some damage to him, he just can't let him go
funkyche
There’s the post I was looking for. Haha
raknor88
The good news is that that is just a copy. Not the actual thing.
OnFridaysWeWearBeskar
There's not just ONE copy of the Declaration. There's like 2 dozen copies. It's one of those original ones made.
depressedscientist
I bet he can’t even read it. Particularly because of the old style cursive. But also that his reading comprehension is very poor.
Zoroasterisk
No pictures; effectively Greek
spookyactionatadistance
There are rumors he is functionally illiterate.
edevolt
Look up the video of King Charles letter being read by dumpy.
depressedscientist
I’m not sure he was able to read it. Looked like he just talked about obviously characteristics of a letter, like the signature, and looked at how many pages there were.
nevernotsure
Shit, someone could read it to him and he still wouldn't get any of it.
redfivve
The trick is to remember that the "S"s look like "F"s but the "F"s also look like "F"s
CaptainSpoonbeard
Fafcinating info, Ftranger. Thankf!
animatronicChristmasChickens
He is the best at reading. He knows so many words. Many people are saying this, not him, but many people. They are saying he knows the best words. Person, woman, man, camera, tv. Lots of words. Big words
lurktasticallygreatmate
He’s done some of the best reading, in fact no one is better at reading and he’s got some very smart friends who also think he’s the best reader they’ve seen.
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
Everything computer
TacoPoweredHelicopter
Pretty sure he can't really read anything.
gtollie
Good enough to read “Person, woman, man, camera, TV,”. 😜
SonrisaFlores
Don't forget covfefe
AshenLady
I’m no archivist but doesn’t something like that have to be in a temperature, light, humidity controlled environment, and displayed flat? He’s got it on the wall like a Baywatch poster.
IrrationalNumber
Most likely a replica.
PballQhead
IIRC it's an early-1800s copy
Meyek
Pretty sure the real one has stains from people touching it so much over the centuries. Especially on the bottom. This one is clean.
iDrawStuff
God, I hope so.
SteveMND
He tried to get the original move to the White House, but as you mentioned, it would cost millions to do it properly, so they convinced him to settle for a copy instead.
At least he can take his sharpie to this one without doing damage to the original.
spiritussancto
Should have just told him it was real. He'd never know.for that matter, let's just start faking complying with all his stupid insane ideas. He's not smart enough to tell no matter how badly you do it. You could print out the text of the declaration of independence on printer paper and soak it in tea and he would believe you
SteveMND
Honestly, the way he was talking about it, they might just have done that anyway. Or more likely, he's just pretending it's the real one for the reporter because he is a pathological liar. /gallery/did-you-even-say-thank-you-WwFfHJt
barbarian818
There were 26 made originally. 13 survive. This one is in a glass case, so a controlled environment and the curtains protect it from light when not being viewed. Plus, modern LED lighting doesn't put any UV light.
CaldariBob
They got drapes!
somerandomusernamebecauseididntlikemyoldone
That's not the original, but as others said he tried to get them to move it there. This, I imagine, is his shitty 'businessman' brain adding the curtains so dumb people are more likely to *think* it's the real one and be impressed. Like everything he does, it's about creating a facade, nothing genuine ever
PJamz
thatwoodguy
You honestly think they put the real thing in there? It's a copy. Nobody would risk the real one being in there
modemjockey5772
You mean like nobody thought someone would close the Dept. of Education......that way, right?
thatwoodguy
Trump has what people call magical thinking that somehow his office just abuse him with these magical powers and it doesn't
GrandmasterSpank
There is a chance Trump takes his sharpie and just changes the Declaration of Independence.
HIVp0sit1ve69
paigeofmusic
Good news, he'll probably just write on the glass.
MrNobodyWTB
Bullshit
He would be using a crayon
mindstorm8191
Exactly like that one pig did in Animal Farm
(I don't know the name, we read it ~30 years ago... wow that's been forever, lol)
ImHereToGetDownvotes
Clearly, the founding fathers drew in Sharpie on it, just like someone else did that map. You wouldn't get it though, he's got access to the original copy with Sharpie stains! He totally wouldn't do it himself, no siree. /s
Lovethesmelloftoastedsourdoughbread
JamesAHarrod
Nah, he would have sold it to putin
GrandmasterSpank
He probably sold the original and thats a copy hanging in the office.
GreatHair
", but some animals are more equal than others."
GrandmasterSpank
*shudder* but yeah thats where this is going.
Shadowkrieger
Fucking thought this before scrolling to comments. Beat me
GrandmasterSpank
GMTA
onetimepost9
You think he is gonna add his signature?
Shadowkrieger
Jesus, he would sharpie over it to sign it. Then he would take to Mara lago
ThatShiftyMonkey
Give it the ol' Herbie Hancock?
Problemwoodchuck
With the 250th anniversary coming up? Absolutely
GrandmasterSpank
And then claim he wrote the whole thing? Yes.
hotaru251
thankfully the one in WH is just a copy.
The original is kept in the National Archives Building.
TomboiLacroix
Are we sure anymore
MatrixDM
Better check the back for a map.
GrandmasterSpank
'made in china'..... Whew !!!