This is what is U.S. has resorted to for retaliation against his declaring it legal for Cubans to overwhelm Florida's immigration institutions to spite the U.S.
Actually, checking that American Swine game brings back the mundane context of it: It's set against the swine flu craze of the time.
Which makes perfect sense, of course. As well as makes it less funny Not to mention serves as a reminder as to the fleeting nature of y'r average such event; I think I, too, for a moment there had thought there really was something going on. Yes, but...!