Trump is a joke, but can he make one?
November 18, 2015
Donald Trump took the nation by storm this past June when he literally descended his Trump Tower golden escalator into American politics. For months Donald Trump, the wannabe politician, has been entertaining with many different forms of his likeness: things like the sexy Donald Trump Halloween costumes, Donald Trumpkins and even a website dedicated to painting with images of Donald Trump’s face. This is all came to its zenith when he hosted the historically hilarious Saturday Night Live.
Protesters of the Saturday, Nov. 7th, show objected to Trump who has insulted, objectified and mocked just about everyone. You might think I am exaggerating, but answer the questions below to see if you have been insulted.
Is your name Bette Midler, Rosie O’Donnell, Rand Paul, Carly Fiorina, John McCain, Mark Cuban, Bill Maher, George W. Bush, Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton, Anderson Cooper, Megyn Kelly, Lindsay Graham, Jonah Goldberg, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, Arianna Huffington, Penn Jillette, Juan Williams, George Will, Chuck Todd, Bernie Sanders, Kristen Stewart, Karl Rove, George Pataki, Rick Perry, Lawrence O’Donnell, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Bill Kristol, Charles Krauthammer or John Kasich?
Do you work for or read the Des Moines Register, Forbes Magazine, Huffington Post or The Wall Street Journal? Do you work at or shop in Macy’s? Do you work for or watch Univision? Are you a member of the Republican National Committee?
Have you ever participated in or watched a beauty pageant sponsored by Miss Universe? Are you Mexican or live in Mexico? If Donald Trump met you, would he call you a “loser” or a “hater?” Do you like Diet Coke? Are you a woman?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions then Donald Trump has insulted, objectified or mocked you. And still polls show Trump leading at 24.8 percent among the Republican candidates.
So why would Saturday Night Live let someone like this host their renowned show? In recent years SNL’s ratings have fallen as their skits have lost their comedic strength. Featuring Trump on is an easy way to draw more people to their program, and it worked. More than 9 million people viewed Saturday night’s show. A multitude of protests have arisen, however, including a 5,000 dollar bounty on Donald Trump’s opening monologue posted by the organization Deport Racism.
Despite all this, Trump went on, and, I hate to say it, he was entertaining. My favorite skit in the show was the satirical portrayal of Trump a President because the plot was that, after he was elected, all of his proposed policies worked perfectly. Actually, Trump’s appeal makes sense because, if there is something Trump is good at it, it is being an entertainer.
He can take jokes and deal them back. This means he would be a perfect SNL host. This does not mean that he would be a good President, however.
Donald Trump is not the worst person in the world, but I still think he is one of the worst candidates running for President of the United States in 2016.
While Trump’s performance, which joked about many of his flaws, isn’t a deciding factor on whether he should be President or not, it stood to reaffirm that Trump is turning a serious display of our democratic society into another reality TV show of the Honey Boo Boo culture that we live in. So, while Saturday Night Live did well at revamping their program, they did a disservice to the nation by giving more air time to the orange clown known as Donald Trump.