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<p>This is not a metaphor for politics. There is literally a tropical storm in the Atlantic named &quot;Don.&quot; That&#39;s good, because &quot;Donald Trump is like a tropical storm&quot; would be an underwhelming simile. He&#39;s more like a massive fire burning right inside your brain. But as far as reality goes? Doesn&#39;t get much better than this.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Me waiting for weather Twitter to crank out some jokes about newly-formed Tropical Storm <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Don?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Don</a> <a href="https://t.co/jlR7SiMI2f">pic.twitter.com/jlR7SiMI2f</a></p>&mdash; Dan Amarante (@DanAmarante) <a href="https://twitter.com/DanAmarante/status/887049088381988870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Naming storms is a completely <a href="http://apnews.com/867eaac9154748c3bdd184736a9e09da/Not-a-tweet-storm,-but-a-real-storm-coincidentally-named-Don" target="_blank">non-political</a> process that&#39;s decided years in advance, but that won&#39;t stop the waves of jokes rolling across the internet. Tropical Storm Don sounds like a nickname Donald Trump gave himself. The polar opposite of &#39;low energy&#39; Jeb Bush. Can&#39;t you see the tweet?</p><blockquote> <p>&#39;Tropical Storm&#39; Don will repeal ObamaCare! Big Win!</p> </blockquote><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Climate scientists named this low-energy blow-hard Tropical Storm Don but they say the name was random<br>I totally believe them<br>BAHAHAHAHAHAH😂</p>&mdash; Edan Clay 🇺🇸 (@EdanClay) <a href="https://twitter.com/EdanClay/status/887112776866463744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>According to the <a href="https://apnews.com/867eaac9154748c3bdd184736a9e09da/Not-a-tweet-storm,-but-a-real-storm-coincidentally-named-Don" target="_blank">AP</a>, this storm&mdash;&quot;small&quot; and &quot;not particularly well organized&quot;&mdash;probably won&#39;t last more than 72 hours.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/95L?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#95L</a> now becomes TS <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Don?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Don</a>, but it isn&#39;t yuuuge or bigly by any means. Likely to have a short lifespan. Not expected to threaten to us. Sad! <a href="https://t.co/ya2B08aoCP">pic.twitter.com/ya2B08aoCP</a></p>&mdash; Matt Lanza (@mattlanza) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattlanza/status/887050245074554882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>So get your jokes in while you can. Twitter recommends references to fake news and covfefe.</p><h2>1.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tropical Storm Don. A lot of hot air, going around in circles. <a href="https://t.co/waH5NrcpjW">https://t.co/waH5NrcpjW</a></p>&mdash; Ana Navarro-Cárdenas (@ananavarro) <a href="https://twitter.com/ananavarro/status/887050939680665600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>By the way, as you&#39;re reading jokes about Tropical Storm Don destroying America, keep in mind <em>they are only jokes</em>. The storm is <a href="http://www.mynews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2017/7/17/tropical_storm_don.html" target="_blank">expected to affect</a> Barbados and St. Lucia, Grenada, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Florida will be fine. At least, as far as the storm is concerned.</p><p><span style="color: rgb(28, 28, 28); font-family: Georgia, Times, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.01em;">2.</span></p><oembed>https://twitter.com/momMightbeTipsy/status/887054176982716416</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>3.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tropical Storm Don will tell you how much damage it will do and then fizzle out and blame Hurricane Hillary.</p>&mdash; Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) <a href="https://twitter.com/tonyposnanski/status/887053098539249665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>4.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">National Weather Service releases first picture of Tropical Storm Don <a href="https://t.co/ywAdlQFAmK">pic.twitter.com/ywAdlQFAmK</a></p>&mdash; Richard Hine (@richardhine) <a href="https://twitter.com/richardhine/status/887071905131499521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>5.</h2><oembed>https://twitter.com/HITEXECUTIVE/status/887072468426399744</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>6.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Warning &quot;Tropical Storm Don&quot; has just turned into a category 1 Covfefe</p>&mdash; Paul Ainger (@ainger13) <a href="https://twitter.com/ainger13/status/887078912282460161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>7.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tropical Storm Don is expected to be the first storm in US history to cause widespread damage in every state of the Union.</p>&mdash; In Related News (@InRelatedNews1) <a href="https://twitter.com/InRelatedNews1/status/887052407523463169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>8.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NOLA says Tropical Storm Don could be a lot of hot air that dissipates quickly &amp; turn out to be nothing, yet they insist the name is random. <a href="https://t.co/PpJUljaQpP">https://t.co/PpJUljaQpP</a></p>&mdash; Facts Do Matter (@WilDonnelly) <a href="https://twitter.com/WilDonnelly/status/887093309025517568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>9.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just in: footage of Tropical Storm Don heavy clouds of collusion, seem to be swirling in large gusts of fake news, it&#39;s category 1 covfefe. <a href="https://t.co/IgASsixuCA">pic.twitter.com/IgASsixuCA</a></p>&mdash; ♀️ ᵀᴴᴱ A҉N҉T҉I҉-T҉R҉U҉M҉P҉ (@Im_TheAntiTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/Im_TheAntiTrump/status/887117212737314817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>10.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The President&#39;s loving all your Tropical Storm Don jokes. Keep em coming, just remember we own the hurricane machine now</p>&mdash; Sean Spicier (@sean_spicier) <a href="https://twitter.com/sean_spicier/status/887054554583506944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>11.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tropical Storm Don forecast is heavy Russian collusion with widespread treason and will affect every American in the US.</p>&mdash; Abolish The Electoral College (@AKADonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/AKADonaldTrump/status/887059026567192576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>12.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Don&#39;t worry, everyone. Tropical Storm Don is only expected to hit golf courses. <a href="https://t.co/Q5Tp12rdcM">pic.twitter.com/Q5Tp12rdcM</a></p>&mdash; Perez Hilton (@PerezHilton) <a href="https://twitter.com/PerezHilton/status/887065508083671040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>13.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mt. Rushmore prepares as Tropical Storm Don colludes into larger storm <a href="https://t.co/CpJbpcxpuB">pic.twitter.com/CpJbpcxpuB</a></p>&mdash; iBthatdood (@ibthatdood) <a href="https://twitter.com/ibthatdood/status/887086469835243520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Even this pro-Trump account got in on the action.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/TrumpOutreach/status/887054892015157248</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Sometimes, the jokes are just too easy.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

'Tropical Storm Don' is a real thing and Twitter finds it too good to be true.

This is not a metaphor for politics. There is literally a tropical storm in the Atlantic named &quot;Don.&quot; That&#39;s good, because &quot;Donald Trump is like a tropical storm&quot; would be an underwhelming simile. He&#39;s more like a massive fire burning right inside your brain. But as far as reality goes? Doesn&#39;t get much better than this.Me waiting for weather Twitter to crank out some jokes about newly-formed Tropical Storm #Don pic.twitter.com/jlR7SiMI2f&mdash; Dan Amarante (@DanAmarante) July 17, 2017 Naming storms is a completely non-political process that&#39;s decided years in advance, but that won&#39;t stop the waves of jokes rolling across the internet. Tropical Storm Don sounds like a nickname Donald Trump gave himself. The polar opposite of &#39;low energy&#39; Jeb Bush. Can&#39;t you see the tweet? &#39;Tropical Storm&#39; Don will repeal ObamaCare! Big Win! Climate scientists named this low-energy blow-hard Tropical Storm Don but they say the name was randomI totally believe themBAHAHAHAHAHAH😂&mdash; Edan Clay 🇺🇸 (@EdanClay) July 18, 2017 According to the AP, this storm&mdash;&quot;small&quot; and &quot;not particularly well organized&quot;&mdash;probably won&#39;t last more than 72 hours.#95L now becomes TS #Don, but it isn&#39;t yuuuge or bigly by any means. Likely to have a short lifespan. Not expected to threaten to us. Sad! pic.twitter.com/ya2B08aoCP&mdash; Matt Lanza (@mattlanza) July 17, 2017 So get your jokes in while you can. Twitter recommends references to fake news and covfefe.1.Tropical Storm Don. A lot of hot air, going around in circles. https://t.co/waH5NrcpjW&mdash; Ana Navarro-Cárdenas (@ananavarro) July 17, 2017 By the way, as you&#39;re reading jokes about Tropical Storm Don destroying America, keep in mind they are only jokes. The storm is expected to affect Barbados and St. Lucia, Grenada, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Florida will be fine. At least, as far as the storm is concerned.2.https://twitter.com/momMightbeTipsy/status/8870541769827164163.Tropical Storm Don will tell you how much damage it will do and then fizzle out and blame Hurricane Hillary.&mdash; Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) July 17, 2017 4.National Weather Service releases first picture of Tropical Storm Don pic.twitter.com/ywAdlQFAmK&mdash; Richard Hine (@richardhine) July 17, 2017 5.https://twitter.com/HITEXECUTIVE/status/8870724684263997446.Warning &quot;Tropical Storm Don&quot; has just turned into a category 1 Covfefe&mdash; Paul Ainger (@ainger13) July 17, 2017 7.Tropical Storm Don is expected to be the first storm in US history to cause widespread damage in every state of the Union.&mdash; In Related News (@InRelatedNews1) July 17, 2017 8.NOLA says Tropical Storm Don could be a lot of hot air that dissipates quickly &amp; turn out to be nothing, yet they insist the name is random. https://t.co/PpJUljaQpP&mdash; Facts Do Matter (@WilDonnelly) July 17, 2017 9.Just in: footage of Tropical Storm Don heavy clouds of collusion, seem to be swirling in large gusts of fake news, it&#39;s category 1 covfefe. pic.twitter.com/IgASsixuCA&mdash; ♀️ ᵀᴴᴱ A҉N҉T҉I҉-T҉R҉U҉M҉P҉ (@Im_TheAntiTrump) July 18, 2017 10.The President&#39;s loving all your Tropical Storm Don jokes. Keep em coming, just remember we own the hurricane machine now&mdash; Sean Spicier (@sean_spicier) July 17, 2017 11.Tropical Storm Don forecast is heavy Russian collusion with widespread treason and will affect every American in the US.&mdash; Abolish The Electoral College (@AKADonaldTrump) July 17, 2017 12.Don&#39;t worry, everyone. Tropical Storm Don is only expected to hit golf courses. pic.twitter.com/Q5Tp12rdcM&mdash; Perez Hilton (@PerezHilton) July 17, 2017 13.Mt. Rushmore prepares as Tropical Storm Don colludes into larger storm pic.twitter.com/CpJbpcxpuB&mdash; iBthatdood (@ibthatdood) July 17, 2017 Even this pro-Trump account got in on the action.https://twitter.com/TrumpOutreach/status/887054892015157248Sometimes, the jokes are just too easy.

This is not a metaphor for politics, there is literally a tropical storm in the Atlantic named "Don."