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Delicious babies!
One for me, one for Vladimir!
Trust me! I know what I’m doing!
Babies say “Holy s..t…..get us out of here!”
Vile mammals – Take your spawn away!
“Shit. I squeezed too hard! Now look at the mess I’m in. Shit!”
Donald Trump with his human shield.
I’m going to solve two problems at once by building the wall entirely out of muslim babies.
“Donald Trump prepares to throw his toys out of his cot”
Crybabies
what happens when 3 giant narcissists don’t get the attention they require
We’ve named them Colonial and Viper đ
And now that they’re old enough we’re taking them down to purchase their first firearms.
Donald Trump rents a time machine to go back in time to kidnap Hilarly Clinton and Bernie Sanders.
Baby Collins–no paint stripper. Baby smith—paint stripper.
one is called Hillary and the other Bernie…and they are both shitting me…the stench is terrible and all down my nice suit into my shoes ….HEEELLLPPP
Press conference for trump and his two closest advisors goes wrong.
đ
I found 2 hillary supporters,
one the left we have the one that is trying to show me where the 30 000 emails are
one on the right is just whinging and crying for more handouts.
Listen babies, just stop screaming ’cause holding you here, is the greatest President of the US ever. I’m gonna be such a terrific President, you have never ever seen something so fantastic. And listen, your mothers are gonna vote for me, cause they know I’m gonna be the greatest President America has ever seen. Why are you still screaming for goodness sake? This is the greatest ever president of the US speaking to you…
Left, right.
Babies, panicked by totalitarian kook.
I like them battered and deep fried. I don’t do ‘raw’
Geez, boys, calm down! It wasn’t YOUR glass, and I’m glad it’s been shattered.
Well done!
*Rings CYFS*
“Hello, you’re talking to Paula, how may we help?”
“Yes, Iâd like to report an enormous Cheezil terrorising two kids”
Enormous Cheezil Fantastic Joe although a twistie might suffice.
they love me.
deep down they know that they love me.
is love not a beautiful thing.
Nice one Sabine, and soo poo etic. Lol
Andrew.
“When Labour signed the MOU with the Greens I never realised that their leaders were such children as to announce they were going to deliberately going to crash the New Zealand housing market.
Now what can I do with them?”
So bad its funny
Donald tries out empathy having been advised of the concept.
look mummy, dumdums a ventriloquist
Donald just kissed the babies! HOLY S***F!
WWF battle of the babies!
Trump’s hand doubles play up
Get in my belly!
Child abuse!!!!!!
Helen and Rob when they were young.
Pictured: A whingeing cry-baby holding two infants.
The one on the right. She’s gonna be a looker. Oh yeah, she’s gonna be beautiful. If she wasn’t a baby maybe I’d date her. I’ll give her a call in 16 years. Believe me.
“See. It begins from birth, the males do all the talking and screaming while the females keep their silence.”
“We came, we saw, he died”
Oh wait, that was someone else …
“Limited air strikes!”
Ooops. Sorry, someone else again …
Perhaps “the south china sea is of crucial importance to all of us …”?
Hold on. Nope. Not him either. Wait! – got one:
“I have always felt that Russia and the United States should be able to work well with each other towards defeating terrorism and restoring world peace, not to mention trade and all of the other benefits derived from mutual respect”
Now THAT’S funny! What a clown!!
“Wah, wah, I want my mama, wah, wah!!”
“Hold tight, little bro, I think I see the big sook’s mama over there.”
i told you the Democrats were cry babies.
They have no sense of humour.
Since when was Donald a Democrat?
…Hey, maybe you’re onto something, mosa: Mr T has infiltrated the Republicans and is detonating them from within. Nice!