{"id":52978,"title":"Donald Trump Just Banned Halloween","description":"In his boldest move yet, Trump has declared Halloween \u201cun-American.\u201d Ghosts, witches and skeletons now classified as radical left imagery.","content":"<p>\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f 28th October 2025<\/p><h2>Bye bye Halloween<\/h2><p>Dear America, Apparently, <strong>Donald Trump has banned Halloween.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Yes, the Halloween. The one with sweets<\/strong>, costumes, and kids pretending to be dead inside, a tradition Americans have celebrated since they first realised <em>horror movies were cheaper than therapy<\/em>.<\/p><h3>\ud83c\udfa9 The Official Reason<\/h3><p>According to our absolutely reliable sources, Trump declared Halloween a threat to national security. His reasoning?<\/p><p><em>\u201cToo many masks. Too much socialism. Too few people dressing as me.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p>He reportedly plans to replace it with a new holiday called <strong>Patriotmas<\/strong>, where everyone dresses as their favourite billionaire and throws candy at the poor.<\/p><h3>\ud83c\udf6c The Real Scandal<\/h3><p>Supermarkets are already <strong>replacing pumpkins<\/strong> with portraits of Trump carved into oranges.<\/p><p>Children are confused. Witches are unionising. Someone tried to hand out sugar-free Brexit bars.<\/p><p>Meanwhile, a small cult in Texas has started <em>trick-or-treating for NFTs<\/em>.<\/p><h3>\ud83d\udc55 Our Response: We\u2019re Launching a new Tee<\/h3><p>To show <em>solidarity with the ghosts, ghouls, and confused skeletons of America<\/em>, we\u2019ve <strong>released<\/strong> a <strong>limited tee<\/strong>:<\/p><blockquote><p><strong>\u201cMAKE HALLOWEEN GREAT AGAIN (but not like that)\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/rkqs1t914gn2bxm0bv2kafl325dye2jir8zvztzh6sp9ovfa.jpeg.jpeg?w=1140&amp;z=1.2000000000000002&amp;fx=0.47326281015254634&amp;fy=0.4166666666666666&amp;v=2\" alt=\"rkqs1t914gn2bxm0bv2kafl325dye2jir8zvztzh6sp9ovfa.jpeg.jpeg?w=1140&amp;z=1.2000000000000002&amp;fx=0.47326281015254634&amp;fy=0.4166666666666666&amp;v=2\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote><p>Available now at our shop <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/product\/make-halloween-great-again-tee\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>, no tariffs, no hauntings, just irony.<\/p><h3>\ud83d\udc80 Final Thought<\/h3><p>Maybe Halloween was the last honest holiday.<\/p><p>One night where everyone admits: \u201cYes, I\u2019m wearing a mask.\u201d<\/p><p>And maybe that\u2019s why it had to go.<\/p><p>Sleep tight, America. 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