Like fine art, good wine, and at least in the eyes of the Supreme Court, pornography, humor is tough to define in a few words. President Trump is making it easier by turning national policy into a stand-up shtick. Previous presidents have chosen their words carefully because they knew what they said mattered. Trump is delivering his pronouncements as a version of a comedy club's open mic night. The consequences, the pandemic's statistics, are anything but a barrel of laughs.
Monty Python and the Oval Office: It Might be Funny If It Wasn't So Serious
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