'Don't be a d***': Hillary Clinton tweets parody letter mocking Donald Trump

The parody letter mocks Donald Trump's diplomatic skills with a re-imagining of the Cuban missile crisis in 1962.

Hillary Clinton lectures on foreign policy at Rackham Auditorium, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 in Ann Arbor, Mich.(Jacob Hamilton/Ann Arbor News via AP)

Hillary Clinton was defeated by Donald Trump in the 2016 US election. Source: AAP

Hillary Clinton has poked fun at United States President Donald Trump’s recent eyebrow-raising letter to his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Mr Trump put his personal touch on presidential diplomacy when he told Mr Erdogan “don’t be a tough guy. Don’t be a fool!” as tensions heightened on the northern Syria border.
Mrs Clinton, a former United States Secretary of State, mocked the letter with her own Trump-inspired take on the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.
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Her parody letter, dated October 1962, was signed by former US President John F Kennedy and addressed to former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.

“Don’t be a dick, OK? Get your missiles out of Cuba,” the letter read.

“Everybody will say ‘Yay! Khrushchev! You’re the best!’

“Give you a jingle later. Hugs, John Fitzgerald Kennedy.”

Mr Erdogan didn't react well to Mr Trump's letter and reportedly threw it in the bin.

Mrs Clinton, who was defeated by Mr Trump in the 2016 US election, has backed efforts to impeach the current US President over his dealings with Ukraine.

She is still regularly targeted by Mr Trump during his speeches.

In the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, Mr Kennedy and Mr Khrushchev faced off in a moment of high diplomatic tension that threatened to tip the world into nuclear war.

The United States had detected Soviet missile installations in Cuba, just miles off the Florida coast, and Mr Kennedy imposed a blockade of the island.

Soviet ships laden with nuclear missiles heading for Cuba turned back at the last minute after a secret agreement with Washington.

Mr Trump has defended his diplomacy in the Middle East and his military pullout from northern Syria, which triggered Turkey's cross-border attack against Kurdish forces.


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