White House press secretary @SHSanders45 reads a letter from Dylan, a 9-year-old @POTUS fan https://t.co/iXbWIMW7XZ
— CNN (@CNN) July 26, 2017
Before getting into less pressing matters, like Donald Trump banning all transgender people from serving in the United States military, newly-anointed press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders read a fan letter to the president.
After announcing on Wednesday that she’s “going to start the White House briefing every once in a while with a letter or an e-mail that we may receive” from “some of [America’s] forgotten men, women, and children,” Sanders read a note from nine-year-old Dylan, who also goes by “Pickle” and totally exists. “I like you so much that I had a birthday about you,” Pickle, who is absolutely real, wrote. “My cake was the shape of your hat.” He, a real boy, later wondered, “I don’t know why people don’t like you. You seem really nice, can we be friends?” Sanders replied to what’s definitely not a piece of paper with Anthony Scaramucci’s scribbles on it, “I’m happy to say that I directly spoke to the president, Dylan and he would be more than happy to be your friend.”
To be fair to Sanders, there are absolutely thousands of living-and-breathing young boys (and hopefully fewer girls) who want to be friends with President Trump. But “Dylan” isn’t one of them. Because he’s actually a pickle.
Eager for info on Dillon aka "pickle," the kid who wrote Trump, per @SHSanders45. Dillon the Pickle is mascot of Portland baseball team. pic.twitter.com/tOUWXnEbzv
— Todd J. Gillman (@toddgillman) July 26, 2017
The White House has released what they claim is the letter from Dylan: pic.twitter.com/Tte7wlUUpy
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) July 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/Bro_Pair/status/890289656834797568
UPDATE: 9-year-old Dylan ("Pickle") has been hired by Fox
— Matt Negrin, HOST OF HARDBALL AT 7PM ON MSNBC (@MattNegrin) July 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/Bro_Pair/status/890286659719372800
https://twitter.com/CC4Future/status/890282235995279361
Sarah Huckabee Sanders is reading a letter from a 9-year-old nicknamed "Pickle" who had a MAGA hat birthday cake.
I am not making this up.
— Brian Tashman (@briantashman) July 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/TheAdamGoldberg/status/890281640588566528
Press Secretary Sarah Sanders is now reading a letter from a 9-year-old boy, nicknamed "pickle," who had a Trump-themed birthday.
— Justin Ling (Has Left) (@Justin_Ling) July 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/johnlingan/status/890299620257124353