There is only one problem with making fun of Trump’s absurd claim: it shrouds how fundamentally racist and terrifying it was.
Social media is frequently awful, but sometimes you thank the gods for it. How else would we cope with the outlandishness of Donald Trump, whoThe claim, made during his presidential candidate debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, was a fresh serve of the inadvertent comedy Trump has been dishing up ever since he descended the golden elevator of Trump Tower into our collective consciousness.He has recommended drinking bleach to stave off COVID. He looked directly at a solar eclipse.
He said this influx of migrants was destroying towns, and he singled out Springfield, Ohio , so it kicked into gear to do what it does best – mock Trump’s madness.memes featuring Santa’s Little Helper and Snowball II ; a thousand TikTok dances to the backing track of Trump’s comments mashed up and put to beats.There is only one problem with the collective trauma-response, valid though it is, to make fun of Trump’s absurd claim: it shrouds how fundamentally racist and terrifying it was.
It should be noted that Trump has disavowed Project 2025 and says he has “nothing to do with it”. It should also be noted Trump is a voracious liar. Trump’s running mate, J.D. Vance, who, of all of Trump’s associates, takes the prize for the utter venality of his cynicism, went on television to further spread the racist lie about pets.
Vance pressed the falsehood, saying “we have had a number of constituents on the ground … both first-hand and second-hand reports, saying this stuff is happening”. He then turned the attack on journalists, saying they should be “on the ground” investigating these claims.
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