Hey, if the White House can glitch on a chat group, so can I

Hey, if the White House can glitch on a chat group, so can I

Secure communications. Photo by Museums Victoria / Unsplash

A light-hearted take on the week's biggest news story, adapted to Ottawa.

It’s the biggest scandal since the last one (and until the next one; give it a day or two) so of course we freaked out over top-secret war plans that were accidentally shared with a reporter who was sitting in his car in the parking lot of a grocery store. Everyone, that is, except for current White House dwellers who shrugged and said, essentially, no biggie who cares you snowflakes. 

It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so scary. 

In my Ottawa Citizen column this week I decided to set aside any fear I might have and resolutely take the laugh track to invent my own imaginary group chat between high-level Ottawa officials about what to do should Usha Vance decide to swing by on her way home from Greenland. The group chat features RunnerM, Reincarneyator, MairesseMaude, NCCTobi and a Rebel News interloper. 

I trust you’ll enjoy mine more than theirs.