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Trump Is Losing the Humor War
The New York Times ^ | Aug. 17, 2024, 7:00 a.m. ET | Leif Weatherby

Posted on 08/17/2024 12:15:19 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Over the past decade, there’s one truth that liberals have been loath to admit: Donald Trump is funny. This aspect of his appeal prompts far less commentary than his far-right positions, his venality or his mogul’s bravado. But when you watch him at a rally, you can see he’s playing for laughs: jabbing at his opponents, doing crowd work, even being self-deprecating, sort of.

Cicero could write a treatise on Mr. Trump’s use of irony, as he’s proved himself a master of humorous misdirection. Liberals tend to think that irony is a type of wit that is aligned with progressivism. But for nearly a decade now, if you went looking for comedy in American politics, Mr. Trump would have been your best bet for finding it.

Now that magic is gone. Politics is about communication, and when Mr. Trump is on, his humor offers a clear outline of his worldview. These days, he looks lost. The fact that Mr. Trump is less sure-footed as a comedian may be a harbinger of a more significant uncertainty — an inability to land the punchlines because he can no longer identify the right setups.

Mr. Trump, a real-estate tycoon turned reality TV star, came to politics by way of humor. Whether it’s true or not that he decided to run in 2016 in response to President Barack Obama’s roast of him at the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, there’s no doubt that Mr. Trump’s rise through the Republican ranks was partly thanks to his uncanny insult humor.

From the start, he evidenced an ability to pierce the veil of political politesse. “Low energy Jeb” Bush and “Little Marco” Rubio fell by the wayside as Mr. Trump marched toward the...

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TOPICS: Humor
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I love the smell of Lefty wishful thinking in the morning, or any other time of day.
1 posted on 08/17/2024 12:15:19 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

All I need to know, “The New York Times”.


2 posted on 08/17/2024 12:16:22 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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Yep. BTTT


3 posted on 08/17/2024 12:18:15 PM PDT by albie
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The NYT?

Barf!

Barf!

Barf!


4 posted on 08/17/2024 12:18:20 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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Trump is holding fire on Camilla until after the Democrat convention when it will be too late to swap her out.


5 posted on 08/17/2024 12:18:24 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Impossible. Because Liberals have no sense of humor. None. ZERO.


6 posted on 08/17/2024 12:18:50 PM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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The Left can’t meme. And it’s hilarious when they try. And let’s face it, anyone who thinks the likes of Stephen Colbert are funny has a real humor problem.


7 posted on 08/17/2024 12:21:15 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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Kamala is winning the humor war. Just watching her and listening to her talk makes me howl with laughter.


8 posted on 08/17/2024 12:23:35 PM PDT by dforest
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

LOL, nyt is hilarious. How can Trump compete with that? /s


9 posted on 08/17/2024 12:23:54 PM PDT by JoSixChip (P.S. There’s a fed in that thread you’re in right now.)
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The principal engine of the Kamel’s gaslighting. Whether quoted here or elsewhere, a daily drumbeat of complete inversion of truth to keep the NPCs chock full of talking points to exchange amongst themselves.


10 posted on 08/17/2024 12:25:50 PM PDT by No.6
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The Slimes is a total Joke that they don’t get.


11 posted on 08/17/2024 12:26:03 PM PDT by Paladin2
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Trump is holding fire on Camilla until after the Democrat convention when it will be too late to swap her out.

Kamala is already talking about what she is going to do when she becomes the POTUS. Up until around a week ago, she was running a flawless campaign. She was able to shut up for the whole time. She allowed the Liberal Media to do the campaigning for her. But now when she opens her mouth, she sounds like a Communist. So her handlers will have to remind her not to talk too much. At least until November.

12 posted on 08/17/2024 12:26:04 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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So her handlers will have to remind her not to talk too much. At least until November.

All Trump has to do is run videos of her from four years ago "Libs of TikTok" style when she was saying just the opposite.

13 posted on 08/17/2024 12:29:35 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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Hard to out perform the joke that is running for the Dems. party...the current VP Harris.


14 posted on 08/17/2024 12:30:20 PM PDT by crazyhorse691 (Who knew that an elected official is a demi-god waiting to happen?)
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From the start, he evidenced an ability to pierce the veil of political politesse. “Low energy Jeb” Bush and “Little Marco” Rubio fell by the wayside as Mr. Trump marched toward victory.--NYTimes

Let's get the lamebrain Cacklin' California Communist through the nomination process first--then we will see President Trump's humor eviscerate yet another Dem dunce.


15 posted on 08/17/2024 12:30:49 PM PDT by henbane ( WAKE UP, AMERICA! The Dems & RINOs are eating you alive!)
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Let's get the lamebrain Cacklin' California Communist through the nomination process first...

Hold fire until it's too late for the Demorats to swap her out.

16 posted on 08/17/2024 12:32:12 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

What a bunch of leftist tripe. All they have to hit him with is “weird “ and “humor?” They are really desperate.


17 posted on 08/17/2024 12:32:51 PM PDT by Gaffer
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All Trump has to do is run videos of her from four years ago "Libs of TikTok" style when she was saying just the opposite.

Agreed. So hopefully we'll see more of this from Trump campaign team. Early voting will take place in a couple of states shortly after Labor Day. Not much time left.

18 posted on 08/17/2024 12:33:04 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The NYT. One of the world’s premiere humor publications. Masters of self parody


19 posted on 08/17/2024 12:33:21 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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They just tried to assassinate him again and the government is covering it up. They are trying to jail him, again, on fake charges they made up, resulting in a fake guilty verdict. This has been going on for years. Then they complain he's not humorus enough. Kamala's candidacy alone is enough to make Trump laugh. And he can dance....

I made two different gifs because I started one a little later to get more of the video near the end.

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1823742501884453312

Isaiah Shinn posted the video. The dancers are Aubrey Fisher and Vik White.

PSA: I hope people will read and understand the security issue behind clicking on YOUTUBE links.

 
Google is at it again, new YouTube security threat
 
08/04/2024 12:35:56 PM PDT · by Openurmind · 98 replies
8/4/24 | Member

20 posted on 08/17/2024 12:33:28 PM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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