Yeah I had noticed that the only time they did mention Trump was in the first episode..that was it..the season finale they actually took a dig at President Trump(After there was a flood in Lanford and Trump declared it a disaster area, so Roseanne could use the money to get her knee surgery) Sara’s character Darlene said “Oh he just tweeted Illinois wrong does it still count” so yes they were already starting the Trump bashing..Roseanne knew this, and wanted no part in it..in some weird way she might have wanted off the show
All it was intended to be, by Sara Gilbert’s own design...was a social justice warrior piece. It’s almost laughable but Roseanne is no idiot (same for John Goodman). Gilbert will build some vehicle to carry on the show, and I’ll predict that Fox signs Roseanne Barr to produce a show by October.