Donald Trump Claims Record 19th Consecutive Perfect Bracket - Ties Kim Jong-un for Longest Streak

After Villanova won the Men's NCAA Championship game on Monday, president Donald Trump tweeted, "@Villanova. Thanks again boys. That's 19 straight years of picking a perfect bracket. I knew it would be bold and risky to choose a 16 seed over a one. But America needs risky, bold moves. America needs winners. Saw Obama picked Michigan State. So wrong! Bet Hillary was too busy reading to even pick a bracket. Loser. #Dumdums #Notwinners"

While Trump again did not submit a bracket online, or show any proof of his picks before the tournament started, Sarah Huckabee Sanders told the press Tuesday morning, "We've been over this before. Mr. Trump has always marked his picks on a printable bracket. We are in the process of releasing the record breaking 19th consecutive perfect bracket. Everybody knows that Mr. Trump's has a gift for picking winners. And this is yet another huge win for our Nation." 

Not everybody is quite so eager to believe the candidate's claim. Noted statistician, Doug Altman of Yale once again explains, "The odds of picking a perfect bracket are literally 1 in 9.2 quintillion. I don't know why you guys ask me to explain how impossible it is every year. He is lying. The president is lying. He would have to have a time machine that he only uses for this purpose or be from the future. Which, I suppose is slightly more possible than him picking perfect brackets for 19 consecutive years. There's just no way. He lies every day. About everything. He's definitely, for sure, 100 percent, lying about this."

Trump however, is not alone in the claim. Minutes before Donald Trump's tweet, Kim Jung-un, controversial leader of North Korea, issued a statement stating that he has also picked a perfect bracket for the 19th consecutive year.

While Kim Jung-un also failed to submit a bracket online, and also showed no proof of his picks before the tournament started, North Korean officials insist, "The Supreme Leader of North Korea has always marked his picks on a printable bracket. The record breaking 19th consecutive perfect bracket is currently being flown to North Korea's Museum of Incredible Achievements so all of North Korea can bask in its glory. It is well known in North Korea, that Kim Jong-un's basketball knowledge is matched by none."

It remains unclear whether the two men know of one another's alleged streaks; however, upon news of Kim Jong-un's claim, a broken Doug Altman provided a final quote, stating, "Of course he did. Nothing matters anymore."

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