On Tuesday, Ellen DeGeneres poked fun at President Trump’s gross ignorance of U.S. history. Trump’s recent comments about Andrew Jackson and The Civil War have sparked a lot of attention. Previously, Trump had also implied that the abolitionist, Frederick Douglas, was still living, and he praised both Henry Clay and Andrew Jackson who were large rivals.
Should we laugh or cry about a president who is so fundamentally ignorant when it comes to important matters? Once again, Ellen proves that the only way we can sometimes cope with having a lunatic in office is by having a good laugh.
Watch her latest spoof:
Others are having fun too at the expense of the president’s idiocy:
https://twitter.com/__JOBBS__/status/859395828221435905
Next on the Trump History Channel – "Jack the Ripper – Misunderstood Humanitarian"
— DoneWithTrump (@stranjohn) May 2, 2017
https://twitter.com/_ElizabethMay/status/859032933277020160
Donald Trump's next business venture will be the Alternative History Channel.
— Trillmonger ? (@nothoughtshere) May 1, 2017
On a more serious note, Aidan Quigley writes:
“Trump particularly stands out from former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush, who all took an intense interest in history.”
Julian Zelizer, a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, said:
“They were all people who had read about the past, they were very invested in thinking of themselves in the trajectory of other presidents.”
“That’s not who [Trump] is. … He’s not someone who reads deeply, he’s not someone who even identifies, necessarily, with the long trajectory of presidents.”
In comparison to his predecessor, Quigley also said:
“Obama’s interest in history was reflected clearly in his speeches, especially his second inaugural address. That speech was full of allusions, including to the Revolutionary War, Lincoln, the Civil War and John F. Kennedy’s 1961 inaugural. Obama also used that speech to reference Dr. Martin Luther King and the struggle for civil rights at Seneca Falls, Selma and Stonewall.”
Most of us long for the days when we had a caring, intelligent president in office. Unfortunately, Obama isn’t going to come flying in to rescue us so I guess we will have to settle for some laughs while we’re waiting for an impeachment to take place.
Featured image from YouTube video.
