Since well before he announced his 2016 campaign, Trump has had an uncanny ability to the cameras focused on him.
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Comedy makes the story about the joke.Īs sick as you may be of Trump, you have to give the guy credit for one thing: He knows how to keep the spotlight on him. So, here are five reasons why we should keep laughing at him.ġ. No doubt we all have Trump fatigue, but that isn't the same as Trump comedy fatigue. One of my core arguments is that when politics gets absurd, satirical comedy is one of the few ways to not just expose absurdity, but also counteract it. In my new book, Trump Was a Joke: How Satire Made Sense of a President Who Didn't I analyze exactly how it came to be that satire has proven to be such an exceptional foil to Trump and Trumpism. And by that, I don't mean he is just an innocuous goofball we should giggle at: I mean that he is both absurd and dangerous, stupid and stealthy, powerful and pathetic, and that political satire is particularly good at exposing this extreme and seemingly incompatible set of qualities. There is no better way to expose what a total joke Trump is than using jokes. And it all makes us nauseated.īut there is one antidote to the depression, anxiety, and frustration we feel in having to pay attention to this narcissistic, antidemocratic loser and that's comedy, especially satirical comedy. We are stuck watching this guy, reading his inane social media messages, checking his polling numbers, and wondering what crazy thing he will do next. He may have gotten indicted and he may get indicted again soon, but that still hasn't shut him up or taken him off our feeds. And no matter how sick we are of him at this point, he's not going away. We are sick of his hold on the GOP, his incessant need for attention, and his bullying, bigoted swagger.Īnd yet, almost eight years after he descended a golden escalator and issued one of the most baffling presidential campaign announcements in the history of televised news, he's not gone. Totally and completely sick of hearing his voice, seeing his image, and watching his latest idiotic, sinister move.
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