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Sriram Krishnan bats for Trump's Sharpies, not nibs
Krishnan argues that Sharpies write very well and look very cool while listing out the challenges with fountain pens.
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Jeffin T. Kaleekal - Mon, 30, Mar 2026
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Sriram Krishnan and U.S. President Donald Trump holding a custom-made Sharpie pen / Wikimedia commons and REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
President Donald Trump’s senior policy adviser on artificial intelligence, Sriram Krishnan, came to the defense of ‘Sharpies,’ backing the president’s choice of markers over fountain pens, while signing policy documents and executive orders that affect the lives of billions across the globe.
A Canadian American fashion journalist, Derek Guy, recently questioned President Trump’s use of Sharpies instead of fountain pens, and labeled the choice as “undignified.”
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