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PurgedVoter

(2,612 posts) Sun May 8, 2022, 04:03 PM May 2022

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Trump just made 9th dan black belt. Let the laughter begin! [View all]

https://nypost.com/2021/11/22/trump-receives-honorary-ninth-degree-black-belt-in-taekwondo/
Putin got one earlier, but Trump has a higher rank than Chuck Norris.

In my youth I studied taekwondo. Now i consider my youth entirely wasted.

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Trump just made 9th dan black belt. Let the laughter begin! [View all] PurgedVoter May 2022 OP

Mine was wasted even without martial arts housecat May 2022 #1

I bet they had to make the belt bigger. tinrobot May 2022 #2

Ha! Like something more befitting a Sumo wrestler? nt allegorical oracle May 2022 #5

How do you say... jmowreader May 2022 #3

"Honorary" PCIntern May 2022 #4

I spent the money I got from my parents for martial arts lessons on girls and booze. Chainfire May 2022 #6

Naturally, Trump will eliminate "honorary" from the certificate at the first opportunity. sop May 2022 #7

In the manga and anime, Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl!, her grandfather's rank was never certain PurgedVoter May 2022 #8

Now that is a joke doc03 May 2022 #9

I mean, yeah it's laughable but also an insult to the sport. Vladimir Putin might Carlitos Brigante May 2022 #10

"WTF does this bloated tumor know about taekwondo?" sop May 2022 #13

Here is the class he took... lame54 May 2022 #11

What an insult to those who put in the work. nolabear May 2022 #12

Yea, I would be asking another federation if they could test me and we move my dojo over PurgedVoter May 2022 #14

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