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Donald Trump makes no secret of his dislike of his “Dum-ocrat” predecessor Barack Obama. Indeed, it often seems like the core animating philosophy of Trump’s whole political career is in response to Obama’s success. So, you can imagine Trump would not look kindly upon being compared to the younger, fitter president. It stands to reason […] The post This brutal video comparing Obama’s and Trump’s speed disembarking Air Force One will definitely drive Trump crazy and absolutely shouldn’t be shared widely appeared first on The Poke.

How do you solve a problem like Nigel Farage? He’s a political figure that seems to get an outrageously easy ride by the media compared to other leaders in the country. Well, Twitter/X user @Supertanskiii has come up with one inspired way to approach him: modify his voice. You’ll need the volume up for this […] The post Someone modified Nigel Farage’s voice to be high-pitched and squeaky to rob him of credibility, and now it’s the only way you’ll be able to bear listening to him appeared first on The Poke.

Nothing pisses off Donald Trump more than the truth. He never tells it and he gets mad at anybody who dare speak (or, in this case, report) it. So this confrontation with New York Times veteran political reporter, David Sanger, was an explosion waiting to happen. Sanger stepped up to ask a question about the […] The post Donald Trump ramped up the threats to a reporter whose question he didn’t like and it’s not just about the journalist, it’s American democracy at stake appeared first on The Poke.

JD Vance is crusading against fraud and he’s targeting the most obvious offender in government: Maine’s governor Janet Mills. You read that correctly. The Vice President, who waddled hand and hand into the White House with a 34-time convicted felon, is traveling the nation, hunting down fraudsters with the promise of keeping Americans’ tax dollars […] The post JD Vance appeared to ask for Democrats to be put in jail in case you were wondering how Magas are toning down the rhetoric appeared first on The Poke.

The United States just took another step a few hundred years backwards. Looking to strengthen international relations, Donald Trump took a trip to China to meet with President Xi Jinping. Lord only knows what Trump talks about in private, but his take away in public doesn’t give us much hope. Here’s what the US President […] The post Donald Trump was asked what he made of China’s President Xi and he left no stereotype unturned – 16 damning judgements appeared first on The Poke.

The more we get a look inside the head of Donald Trump, the scarier it gets. The US President visited Chinese leader Xi Jinping in China to hold what we can only hope were consequential meetings on the state of global affairs. But when Trump sat down with Fox News to discuss any progress he […] The post Donald Trump was so proud of his new nickname for the Democrats but the joke was very much on him appeared first on The Poke.

People have been sharing things that are absolutely, certainly, 100% guaranteed to happen in Britain after stevielfc76 asked this over on Reddit. ‘What are some British certainties?’ And they kindly offered up a few examples to get people thinking on the right track … ‘A Yorkshireman outside of Yorkshire must say they’re from Yorkshire at […] The post People have been sharing things that are ‘stone cold British certainties’ and it’s good to know in an uncertain world there are some traits we can always rely on appeared first on The Poke.

Everyone dreams of winning the lottery, even though their chances are 0.01 in a billion, or something similar to that. But their dreams are kept alive by people who do win things. It’s got to happen to someone after, right? They’ve been chatting about fortunate people on the AskUK subreddit following this question from Educational_Way3900: […] The post People shared the weirdest and most wonderful things they’ve ever won and it’s the (mostly) feelgood treat we need right now appeared first on The Poke.

People gabbing away loudly on the bus is usually very annoying, but sometimes you zone into a conversation that is so thrillingly juicy it would almost be worth missing your stop. They’ve been chatting about this on the AskUK subreddit after SupaDuppaaCoool posed this question: What’s something you overheard on UK public transport that you […] The post ‘What’s something you overheard on public transport that you definitely weren’t meant to hear?’ – 23 NSFW eavesdropped shockers appeared first on The Poke.

Here’s a rather lovely Q&A which just went wildly viral on Twitter after a request went out for historical facts which sound so bonkers they can’t possibly be true – except they are. What historical fact sounds fake but is true? — Ramin Nasibov (@RaminNasibov) May 12, 2026 And there replies came pouring in. These […] The post People have been sharing historical facts that sound fake but are totally true – 18 proper jaw-droppers appeared first on The Poke.