His speechwriters are skilful and he delivers punchlines with a certain deadpan panache.
ECONOMIST: Lexington
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He has a stock of awful jokes, which he repeats so often that his staff have the punchlines printed on T-shirts.
ECONOMIST: John McCain
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News coverage of tribal disputes in the Highlands and crime in Port Moresby give prospective international travellers pause, as do outdated punchlines about cannibalism.