You might call Trump a laughingstock, but only if you’re in a position in which he’s unable to harm you.  And that doesn’t cover too many people.

There’s nothing funny about Trump if you’re:

• Poor or working class, and vulnerable to rising costs of consumer products and healthcare

• A person of color, an LGBTQ, or a Muslim

• A woman of childbearing years

• An asylum seeker hoping for compassionate treatment that complies with domestic and international law

• A military personnel (of any rank) being humiliated by a commander-in-chief who has utter disrespect for you

• Trying to get a good education in a country with rapidly declining standards

• A patriot who values the Constitution and rule of law

• An American-based business that will sooner or later be eaten alive by tariffs

• A parent who’s finding it difficult to teach his kids about honor, truth, and personal integrity in a country with a president utterly devoid of these

• An erstwhile ally of the United States in Europe

We Americans, and those around the world, deeply wish that Trump were a laughing matter. But that’s very rarely the case.

If he can be deposed and incarcerated, that will be another matter.

With Very Few Exceptions, Trump Is Not a “Laughingstock”