Star Wars villain Jabba the Hutt and Spider-Man’s alter-ego Peter Parker have been named as interns in President Donald Trump’s annual economic report. The compilers of the 711-page Economic Report of the president tweeted to say the listings were a deliberate prank. “Did folks really think this was a mistake?!?” they asked.
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