Meanwhile... Captain Gaffe ambled confusedly amongst the other world leaders, trying to find his mask. So far as his performances went, this was one of his best yet.
""I’m the Democratic Party; I am President. So is the Speaker of the House and so is the - the Majority Leader. We are not defunding the police," he muttered at the reporters who were interrupting the search for his item of PPE.
"But Mr President, aren't there some in your party who want to defund the police?" a particularly bothersome correspondent insisted.
"Are there people in the Republican Party who think we’re sucking the blood out of kids?" Captain Gaffe concealed a smile. "There, that had shut them up," he thought to himself triumphantly. And then, the Captain abruptly stopped his search. Two lovely young ladies stood before him, towering as high as their stilettos would allow, and they were shouting something about “strategical skills!”
"Finally," the Captain mumbled to himself. "Some people on whom my skills will not be wasted."