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'Packaging evil into something funny': is making fun of Trump now just 'clownwashing'? by Matthew Cantor

As the president's second term has wrought new horrors, comedians reflect on whether humor can still 'deflate the strongman's image' During Donald Trump's first term, as his lies distorted r…

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