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Trump Bans Political Satire

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It was only a matter of time. But, to his credit, Donald Trump waited until his second week in office before utilizing the power of the presidential pen to ban political satire.

Yes, Trump’s 135th (to date) executive order makes it illegal to poke fun at political figures, in general, and the President of the United States, in particular.

“Politics is no joking matter,” said the most thin-skinned man to occupy the Oval Office. “From here on out, we are going to treat our politics with dignity and respect.”

The new executive order is not sitting well with the nation’s top comedians and political satirists, as one would expect.

“WTF,” said Jon Stewart, former host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show.” “I mean WTF?”

Stephen Colbert, host of CBS’s “The Late Show,” was simply in shock.

“What am I going to do now for material?” asked Colbert. “With Trump, the jokes practically wrote themselves!”

Lorne Michaels, executive producer of SNL (Saturday Night Live), perhaps took the news the hardest, “We finally started seeing our numbers improve and now this? We were back on top.”

The Emmy Award-winning Michaels was actually telling the truth and not resorting to “alternative facts.” Thanks to Trump’s improbable presidential run, and election, SNL got back some of it’s lost mojo. It took 2016’s political chaos and spun it into TV gold. The show set record ratings numbers and won critical praise for its many Trump skits.

Jimmy Fallon, host of NBC’s “The Tonight Show,” had a more measured response.

“Yes, we had some fun at Donald Trump’s expense. I actually thought he was a fan of the show and was cool with all the good-hearted ribbing. But, as they say, all good things come to an end. We’ll survive.”

As we have seen with some of Trump’s executive orders, this one might also be subject to rescission or modification.

Trump has been quoted as saying “all publicity is good publicity; all press is good press.”

Our new president just might miss being in the comedy spotlight, even if he is being demeaned. At least everyone is talking about you, right?

Indeed, some have said Trump’s greatest fear is to be ignored.

Caution … this might be satire

Photo | nydailynews.com

Ringling Brothers Circus Calls It Quits After 146 Years

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The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus has finally folded its last tent.

The iconic spectacle will close forever in May.

While there are many reasons for the show’s demise, a company spokesperson told reporters, with Donald Trump in the White House, there was no way they could, in good conscience, continue to call themselves, “The Greatest Show On Earth.”

Don’t feel bad for the unemployed circus animals. The new, jobs-creating Republican president has already negotiated to buy all of the circus’s elephants and put them to work.

Photo | cnn.com

Palin: “So How’s That Swampy, Drainy Thing Workin’ Out For Ya?”

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Sarah Palin, former vice-presidential candidate and half-term Alaska governor, is angry.

“That bumper sticker that maybe you’ll see on the next Ford F-150 driving by — a Trump bumper sticker — you should stop the driver and say, ‘So how’s that swampy, drainy thing workin’ out for ya?'”

The once loyal Trump supporter has gone rogue, having jumped off the bandwagon after being snubbed for a cabinet position by the new incoming president.

Palin is taking pleasure in mocking Trump’s campaign promise to “drain the swamp” in Washington D.C. of lobbyists, corruption and pay-to-play.

A quick look at Trump’s cabinet picks suggests the much-used slogan of “drain the swamp” was just that … a slogan to attract the gullible. Instead of protecting the man on the street, Trump is protecting the men on Wall Street. Two of Trump’s picks, Wall Street insider Steve Mnuchin as head of the Treasury Department and investor Wilbur Ross at Commerce, suggest instead of draining, Trump is augmenting.

The word on the street is that Palin had her heart set on being tapped for Secretary of State. After all, she did have some foreign policy experience. During her run for vice president, Palin boasted she could see Russia from her backyard in Wasilla, Alaska.

Any chance of being part of the Trump administration, in any capacity, was lost when Palin publicly slammed Trump for breaching Republican orthodoxy of letting the free market pick winners and losers.

Palin criticized Trump’s deal with Carrier — which purportedly kept 1,000 jobs in Indiana instead of moving them to Mexico, but which still sent 1,300 jobs from a second shuttered plant anyway — calling it “crony capitalism.”

Palin penned an op-ed for the website Young Conservatives, where she blasted Trump for giving Carrier subsidies to keep some of its jobs within the United States.

Who knows what the future holds for Sarah Palin. Certainly a 2020 presidential run is not out of the question.

Trump should have known better than to upset a mama grizzly. Don’t be surprised if Palin’s next line of attack against Trump is that he is an illegitimate president!

Photo | malialitman.com