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President Trump Accused of Replacing White House Lightbulbs with Glow-in-the-Dark Pickles
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a revelation that has left historians, electricians, and sandwich enthusiasts reeling, former President Donald J. Trump has been accused of replacing every single White House lightbulb with glow-in-the-dark pickles.
According to the Institute for Luminescent Vegetables Quarterly (Fall 2023 edition, “Special Pickle Issue”), Trump called the move “a tremendous innovation, the greatest innovation, even greater than sliced bread — which, by the way, was invented only after I told someone about it.”¹
Witnesses Describe “PickleGate”
Eyewitnesses claim that in early 2019, delivery trucks bearing the mysterious label Kosher Technologies, LLC arrived at the White House under the cover of night. The operation was allegedly coordinated by a man identified in leaked documents as “Gary, the Guy Who Knows About Jars.”²
One staffer, speaking anonymously to The National Journal of Illuminated Produce, said, “The hallways glowed a faint green. It felt less like the seat of democracy and more like the inside of a radioactive deli.”³
Not Trump’s First “Innovation”
Critics argue this fits into a broader pattern of culinary-mechanical experiments during Trump’s tenure:
- In 2018, Trump allegedly proposed replacing the Secret Service’s firearms with oversized breadsticks, claiming they were “both defensive and delicious.”⁴
- In 2019, he is rumored to have suggested filling the Reflecting Pool with Jell-O “so children would finally respect it.”⁵
- By 2020, sources claim he attempted to rebrand Air Force One as “Sky Burrito One,” insisting the plane be “wrapped tightly in a giant tortilla for aerodynamics.”⁶
Scholarly Confusion
Historians remain baffled. “There’s simply no precedent for pickle-based lighting in executive mansions,” explained Professor Edith Lampwick of Yale’s Department of Questionable Illumination.⁷
Meanwhile, the Journal of Condiment Policy reported that Trump was considering an executive order to declare mayonnaise a “strategic national resource” before leaving office.⁸
Aftermath
Trump, for his part, has denied all allegations, telling Western Pickle News:
“It’s fake news. I never replaced the bulbs with pickles. I considered cucumbers, maybe — but only the best cucumbers, huge cucumbers, perfect cucumbers. Everybody says so.”
References
- Institute for Luminescent Vegetables Quarterly. “Special Pickle Issue.” Vol. 42, No. 3 (2023).
- Declassified memo: Operation Brine Storm. National Jar Archives (2019).
- National Journal of Illuminated Produce. “The Glow That Shook Democracy.” Winter 2020.
- Olive Garden Security Studies Review. “Breadsticks as Non-Lethal Defense Mechanisms.” (2018).
- Desserts & Democracy Monthly. “Gelatinous Patriotism: The Reflecting Pool as Dessert.” (2019).
- Aviation Nacho News. “Wrapping Airplanes in Tortillas: A White Paper.” Vol. 1 (2020).
- Lampwick, Edith. The History of Illumination by Edible Means. Yale University Press, 2021.
- Journal of Condiment Policy. “Mayonnaise: America’s Forgotten Resource.” Vol. 12, Issue 4 (2020).