Hey, it’s called a joke

Can we not take a joke anymore? In this political climate, it is essential to get our minds off of the mess in the White House. An easy way to do this is to make jokes and laugh about it. Unfortunately, Trump and his team have a hard time laughing along with us.

Saturday Night Live is famous for its political impressions and jokes, from Bill Clinton to Barack Obama. Not everyone finds Alec Baldwin’s Trump impression or Kate McKinnon’s Jeff Sessions funny, especially Donald Trump himself. Some people say that Saturday Night Live advocated for the Hillary Clinton campaign, shedding a positive light on her. Trump himself claimed Alec Baldwin’s impression was the media rigging the election.

It’s all just a joke, so it should be treated as such. We all need to laugh at ourselves sometimes, and celebrities and political figures should not be excluded. Political satire has been around for as long as there has been a government to make fun of. It is also essential that everyone has at least a general idea of what is going on in America, even if it is through Jimmy Fallon’s nightly monologues or a “Weekend Update” segment.

Taking a joke is something Trump and his team need to learn to do. If Trump could learn to take himself a little less seriously, it would help us all to get along a little better. But then again, if we all got along, what would there be to make sketches about? SOPHIA HARRIS North Little Rock