Paul Krugman blog post includes photo of White House situation room with photoshopped cat [screenshot]

LOLOLOL.

Here’s the latest blog post from Paul Krugman, which for some reason includes a picture of the White House situation room with a cat photpshopped at the table with President Obama and then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton:

https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/669187134507630592

Krugman writes that he did this on purpose to “lighten things up slightly”:

Here’s the original from Slate:

The funny thing is, the cat probably has a more most sensible policy to fight ISIS than anyone else sitting at the table.

Strategy to defeat ISIS:

* Hire cats.
* Defeat ISIS.
* Play with said cats. https://t.co/riPqXPEFdF

— Andrew Clark (@AndrewHClark) November 24, 2015

https://twitter.com/ChelieinTX/status/669188252872478720

Mr. Fluffybottom, Meowmander-in-Chief? https://t.co/muXniiQuBr pic.twitter.com/FpBkSoqNV6

— Jason Hart (@jasonahart) November 24, 2015

I think we just found out who's really running America. https://t.co/5MMzDs8Ty9

— Justin Ware (@justin_ware) November 24, 2015

Cats really do get everywhere! https://t.co/oDRUcmZ2Bw

— Sarah Wilkie (@toonsarah) November 24, 2015

not a lot of people know about how involved pookster the cat was in the abbottabad raid https://t.co/eYfHY2OAD3

— ☕netw3rk (@netw3rk) November 24, 2015

Now we know who's been running the government in the penumbras. https://t.co/SPzFen7MvA

— Anton Sorkin ن (@gortnacul_house) November 24, 2015

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