Truth In Satire

What The Navajo Code Talkers Were Saying Behind Trump’s Back

The Native American heroes called president “Grabs With Little Hands” and “Wind In His Orange Hair,” among other things

Allan Ishac
2 min readNov 29, 2017

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The Navajo Code Talkers mocked the president in their secret language as he gave some opening remarks. (Credit: www.mprnews.org)

Three Navajo Code Talkers were honored by President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday for their heroic service to the nation during World War II.

What the president didn’t realize, however, was that as he made a racist remark during the ceremony, calling Sen. Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas,” the trio of Native American war veterans were mercilessly mocking him in their own coded language behind his back.

Talking in code amongst themselves, the Navajo veterans referred to Mr. Trump as “The Walking Corn Stalk.” (Credit: wgntv.com)

In addition to smirking while giving Mr. Trump the names “Grabs With Little Hands” and “Wind In His Orange Hair,” they also snickered about his fat buttocks, third-grade vocabulary, and chintzy White House decorating style.

As many critics have pointed out, the president tactlessly chose to honor the three Marine Corps secret communicators under a portrait of Andrew Jackson, the U.S. president who signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and was…

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Allan Ishac

Author of The Mystic In The Mews (themysticinthemews.com). Satirist. Humor writer. Former advertising creative director. Visit me at allanishac.com.