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Donald Trump has inspired countless imitations and parodies over the years, from Alec Baldwin to late drag artist The Vivienne and even Meryl Streep. But in terms of nailing the president’s mannerisms and speaking style, Scottish comedian and voiceover actor Lewis MacLeod has to be up there with the best of them. Clips of MacLeod’s […] The post This Scottish comedian’s criminally good impression of Donald Trump might just be the most accurate impersonation you’ve ever seen appeared first on The Poke.

To Mike Johnson now, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Republican Trump enabler and a man prone to walking right into opportunities to be mocked. Johnson appeared at a March for Life rally of anti-abortion activists in Washington DC on Friday. He told a story of how he was the product of teen pregnancy and […] The post House Speaker Mike Johnson told an anti-abortion rally that his parents had been pressured to have him aborted, and the brutal jokes wrote themselves appeared first on The Poke.

There’s seemingly no beginning to the amount of things Donald Trump doesn’t understand. This week alone, he betrayed his ignorance on NATO, the difference between war and peace, geology and the fact that Iceland and Greenland are two different places. Climate change is another topic where he doesn’t appear to have a notion what he’s […] The post Donald Trump asked “whatever happened to climate change” in response to record cold temperatures in the US, and the forecast is for heavy mockery with despairing intervals appeared first on The Poke.

JD Vance really believes in stopping criminal activity disguised as political protest. He wants the American people to know that he will not tolerate the storming of buildings or the assault of police officers. He shared this message on his own Twitter account, where anyone can comment. That might’ve been a mistake. Our plan is […] The post JD Vance said all violent protesters would go to jail and our hypocrisy-o-meter just blew up – 15 storming smackdowns appeared first on The Poke.

The storming of the Washington, DC Capitol on January 6, 2021 was one of the darkest days in American history and the fallout continues to get worse. Congress held a hearing to talk with special counsel, Jack Smith, about January 6. Smith was on hand to defend his charges against Donald Trump and his role […] The post A cop beaten up on January 6 had a magnificently NSFW message for the Maga lawmaker who said the riots were nothing to do with Donald Trump appeared first on The Poke.

Notable draft dodger Donald Trump is talking down to war veterans again. The US President couldn’t resist taking a jab at Nato and military forces around the world… once he wasn’t face-to-face with any of them anymore in Davos, Switzerland. Trump claimed that America has never needed NATO’s support before (false) and then suggested that […] The post Donald Trump accused Nato trips of stopping short of the Afghan frontline and of all the outraged responses this Army veteran summed it up best appeared first on The Poke.

It literally came as no surprise to anyone when businessman, TV personality and Strictly loser, Thomas Skinner, joined Reform UK this week, despite previously protesting that he is not a ‘political person’. It was equally unsurprising to see him pop up on GB News, which often seems like the Reform UK propaganda channel, telling host […] The post New Reform UK-er Thomas Skinner told GB News just how much he loves his country and it’s quite the watch – 14 devastating takedowns appeared first on The Poke.

Acquitted killer Kyle Rittenhouse just went viral on Twitter after posing with a massive gun and asking if he should take it to Minneapolis. Rittenhouse, you may remember, shot two people to death in Wisconsin during racial justice protests in 2020. He was found not guilty at the end of a tumultuous trial after tearfully […] The post Kyle Rittenhouse thought it was funny to pose with a massive gun for clout on Twitter and got shot down in the replies appeared first on The Poke.

Not the first time we’ve featured kids’ homework on these pages and it doubtless won’t be the last. But as ever it’s not what the child did that sent its viral, it’s the teacher’s most unfortunate making. And this one which has just gone viral on Twitter is a classic of the genre. I can’t […] The post This teacher’s most unfortunate schoolboy error went wildly viral and it wasn’t just the teacher not getting it appeared first on The Poke.

Like us you probably hadn’t previously come across Hunter Eagleman – most American name we’ve ever seen, frankly – but here’s how he sums himself up over on Twitter: ‘America First – @GuntherEagleman’s Twin Brother – 30 year LEO – Retired Homicide Detective – Let’s do this!.’ And we mention him because he wasn’t happy […] The post A mega Maga took aim at Trump nemesis Gavin Newsome and ended up blowing their own face off appeared first on The Poke.