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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Please edit the explanation below and only mention here why it isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
− | + | The {{w|President of the United States}}, at the time when this comic was published, is {{w|Donald Trump}} and he shares the first letters of his surname with {{w|Harry S. Truman}}, who was US President between 1945 and 1953. [[Megan]] notes that both of these presidents' last names start with "T-R-U-M", but she also states that they are not much related. | |
− | + | There were several presidents of the US who even have the exact same last name, for example, {{w|John Adams}} and {{w|John Quincy Adams}} (5 letters) and the more recent father and son {{w|George H. W. Bush}} and {{w|George W. Bush}} (4 letters). Similarly {{w|Theodore Roosevelt}} and {{w|Franklin Delano Roosevelt}} are 5th cousins (9 letters). Grandfather and grandson {{w|William Henry Harrison}} and {{w|Benjamin Harrison}} share the same 8 letters. And there are the two [https://www.geni.com/path/Lyndon-B-Johnson-36th-President-of-the-United-States+is+related+to+Andrew-Johnson-17th-President-of-the-USA?from=6000000002045454764&to=361204095530004567| most distantly related] presidents with the same surname, both {{w|Andrew Johnson}} and {{w|Lyndon B. Johnson}} have the last name of Johnson (7 letters), though they do not share any relatives on their father's side. | |
− | The joke is that the matching of those few letters is the least weird thing | + | Besides Trump, the closest unrelated pair(s) of presidents that share a common surname prefix would be William Henry H-A-R-rison (or, equivalently, Benjamin Harrison) and Warren H-A-R-ding (3 letters). |
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+ | The longest common suffix (not counting identical names) is also 4 for I-S-O-N for {{w|James Madison}} and the two Harrison presidents. | ||
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+ | The joke is, that the matching of those few letters is the least weird thing because Trump's presidency has been plagued with many {{w|Presidency of Donald Trump#Ethics|various scandals}}. | ||
The title text lists "absurd" last names that could start with the same letters as other presidents: Bill Eisenhamper, Amy Forb, Ethan Obample, and Abigail Washingtoast. These would refer to {{w|Dwight D. Eisenhower|Dwight D. '''Eisenh'''ower}}, {{w|Gerald Ford|Gerald '''For'''d}}, {{w|Barack Obama|Barack '''Obam'''a}}, and {{w|George Washington|George '''Washingto'''n}}. | The title text lists "absurd" last names that could start with the same letters as other presidents: Bill Eisenhamper, Amy Forb, Ethan Obample, and Abigail Washingtoast. These would refer to {{w|Dwight D. Eisenhower|Dwight D. '''Eisenh'''ower}}, {{w|Gerald Ford|Gerald '''For'''d}}, {{w|Barack Obama|Barack '''Obam'''a}}, and {{w|George Washington|George '''Washingto'''n}}. |