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Related: About this forumHasan Minhaj's Best Trump Jokes From The 2017 White House Correspondents' Dinner
The Blue Flower
(5,440 posts)He was actually moving when he started talking about why the media is now like the minorities. I hope they all took his message to heart.
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)Nicki did a great job! (riffing on his joke )
PatSeg
(47,384 posts)Every year they sit there looking miserable. Why the hell don't they just stay home, if it is such torture for them? Minhaj did a great job and deserved a little more enthusiasm.
calimary
(81,198 posts)Yeah, he did start kinda slow, but then he really hit it home!
Also made some amazingly great points about how the media can now know what it's like to be a minority. Hey, guys, try that one on and walk around in it for awhile. You'll find it fits pretty doggone well.
It was a unique performance. He amused on the one hand, and got 'em thinking seriously about some very sober realities on the other hand. (At least I hope so!) A speech that delivered in all kinds of directions, including tough love.
onetexan
(13,036 posts)Here's a link to hits best hits of the night:
https://mic.com/articles/175623/hasan-minhajs-8-best-jokeswhite-house-correspondents-dinner-donald-trump#.BIf824ji7
Love love love this guy's wit and delivery. KUDOS to Hasan Minhaj!!!
classykaren
(769 posts)Fortinbras Armstrong
(4,473 posts)The Donald has a skin which is a nanometer thick. He cannot stand people making fun of him. It is a major part of the narcissistic personality disorder: I am the greatest. To misquote Sir William Gilbert's Iolanthe,
The Trump is the true embodiment
Of everything that's excellent
He has no sort of fault or flaw
pressbox69
(2,252 posts)Not as funny as Obama roasting #45 at the dinner a few years back.
lastlib
(23,208 posts)Maybe it's why Tinyhands has such a bad case of ODS (Obama Derangement Syndrome). He got cut to ribbons that night, and couldn't even respond!
Fritz Walter
(4,291 posts)All the aloe in the world won't heal that burn!