Did President Donald Trump expel 60 Russian porn stars from the United States as a retalliation for the recent Stormy Daniels interview in which the pornstar claimed to have had an affair with him? If that sounds just a little too crazy to be true you would be right, the story comes from a satirical website.
It was published on March 27, 2018 by The Daily Mash under the headline "Trump expels 60 Russian porn stars" (archived here). The spoof opened:
DONALD Trump has expelled 60 top Russian adult movie stars from the US in response to the Stormy Daniels TV interview.
The White House confirmed the move saying that Trump had hand-picked the actors to be repatriated from a list that just happened to be on his computer.
The article as it would be visible on social media was clearly a spoof on the real news that Trump expelled 60 Russian diplomats over a nerve gas attack in the U.K.
Compare:
Trump expels 60 Russian porn stars
DONALD Trump has expelled 60 top Russian adult movie stars from the US in response to the Stormy Daniels TV interview.
and
Trump expelling 60 Russian diplomats in wake of UK attack
President Donald Trump on Monday ordered the expulsion of 60 Russian diplomats the US identified as intelligence agents and the closure of a Russian consulate in Seattle in response to Russia's alleged use of a nerve agent in the United Kingdom.
We wrote about thedailymash.co.uk and their satirical articles before, here is an overview of our earlier coverage:
- O.J. Simpson Fake News Roundup (President, Kardashians, Browns...)
- Hoax Alert: Beyonce DID NOT Announce Collaboration With Greggs
- Donald Trump DID NOT Call Buddha A 'Stupid Foreign Hippy'
- Hoax Alert: Women NOT Paid Less Because They're Smaller
- 'Dry January' Campaign Over In U.K., Beginning Of 'Wet February'?
The Daily Mash is a satirical website from the U.K. which sports following disclaimer on its about page:
About the Daily Mash
The Daily Mash is a satirical website which publishes spoof articles, i.e. it is all made-up and is not intended, in any way whatsoever, to be taken as factual. Glad we've got that sorted.
Their articles are generally quite funny but now and then they get interpreted as real news by people who don't know better.
