Pen is mightier than the sword? - Trump's epic diversion into why 'sharpies' are better than $1,000 ballpoints

"Donald Trump's diversion on the merits of 'sharpie' pens over $1,000 ballpoints went viral on Thursday, as he spoke at length about them with his high-level cabinet. "You have Gavin Newsom in California Railroad. That's 100 times over budget. It's out of control," he began. "So, this pen is very inexpensive, but it writes well," he said. "I like it. But I can't have the pen the way it was. You know what it is. I don't want to give too much publicity, but they do treat me well. Sharpie." "So, I came here, and they have $1,000 pens. And, you know, you hand pens out. You're signing, and you're handing them out. You're handing them out to all these people. Sometimes you have 30, 40 people. And they were $1,000 apiece. Beautiful pen. Ballpoint. 1,000. It was gold, silver, gorgeous. But I'm handing it out to kids that don't even know what they're doing. What myself, economically. I want to save money. So I'm saying, this is crazy. And it had another problem. They didn't write well." "So I take it out, and I sign, and there's no ink. And I got all you people looking, and you're saying, there must be something wrong with Trump. And I'm signing, and there's no ink in the pen, and it costs $1,000," he said. Trump's discussion of pens quickly went around the world - and media outlets reported the stock price of Sharpie's parent company Newell Brands rose too. "

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