Donald “An Embarrassment of Comedic Riches” Trump

Portrayals of Donald “an embarrassment of comedic riches” Trump are either the easiest or the hardest to summarize of all of the figures included in this book. This is because in one sense Trump is almost a caricature of himself. More, the long list of traits, characteristics, and controversial statements Trump made during his candidacy and as president make it virtually impossible to isolate a single one from which to craft a negative humorous caricature. To make matters worse, in many cases Trump “jokes” were true. Because of this, the approach in this chapter is to take a broad approach, covering a longer list of traits, characteristics, and statements Trump made on the campaign trail as well as in office that fed into the various (seriously) humorous representations of him.