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kentuck

(115,627 posts) Thu Oct 20, 2016, 04:06 PM Oct 2016

Donald Trump does not do humor. [View all]

He is scheduled to be at the Al Smith Dinner tonight in New York where he will have an opportunity to make fun and ridicule his opponent.

But Trump would have a very difficult time with trying to be funny or with honest ridicule. Calling names and hurling insults is not funny and is not made for the Al Smith Dinner crowd. It would be a big mistake for him to go.

Look for him to withdraw his appearance tonight due to prior commitments.

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Donald Trump does not do humor. [View all] kentuck Oct 2016 OP

I'll be very surprised if he goes, actually. LisaM Oct 2016 #1

I don't think I've ever heard him laugh. If he goes, he will walk out when Hillary is speaking. livetohike Oct 2016 #2

She has the hide of a rhino... kentuck Oct 2016 #3

What comedian wouldn't want to be writing for Hillary right now? SunSeeker Oct 2016 #5

I wonder who is doing the writing? So much material and livetohike Oct 2016 #7

I hope Samantha Bee is one of them! nt SunSeeker Oct 2016 #8

He will complain that Hillary got the jokes early chelsea0011 Oct 2016 #4

Bullies laugh and smile while they crush someone Angry Dragon Oct 2016 #6

The tone is supposed to be self-deprecating. Qutzupalotl Oct 2016 #9

That's not humor in my book meow2u3 Oct 2016 #30

Find a video of him laughing jberryhill Oct 2016 #10

Humor is an alien concept to him. lpbk2713 Oct 2016 #11

Humor, to Trump and a lot of conservatives, means The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2016 #12

Conservative have a hard time with irony and sarcasm. They don't get it. I know from long experience TeamPooka Oct 2016 #14

Yes, and with self-depracating humor too. They are so wound up with themselves Nay Oct 2016 #16

Who the heck could they get to write jokes for him? TeamPooka Oct 2016 #13

Dennis Miller would be my guess. bluesbassman Oct 2016 #15

I just realized something about Trump .... KelleyKramer Oct 2016 #17

Trump is a mean man. Not only does he never laugh, The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2016 #18

Yep, you are right about his nastiness KelleyKramer Oct 2016 #19

good observations about him... he's dark.... Divine Discontent Oct 2016 #22

He's like a Dementor from the Harry Potter series. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2016 #23

As a rule conservatives do no do humor. dflprincess Oct 2016 #20

As I answered around 4pm to someone asking if he'd go, I said of course he would - it's got Divine Discontent Oct 2016 #21

One day maybe we'll get lucky and there will be a Friar's Club Trump roast... Upin Oct 2016 #24

Wellllllllllllllllllll.....YOU WERE CORRECT...HE SOULDN'T HAVE GONE.....yes..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!nt Stuart G Oct 2016 #25

I thought he had more sense than to go... kentuck Oct 2016 #27

All he had to do was a short speech with a few self dibs .."obviously" Stuart G Oct 2016 #28

Can borderline personalities even understand humor? Littlered9560 Oct 2016 #26

He does mean, mocking "humor", Nye Bevan Oct 2016 #29

Humor is part of the left wing liberal media plot to elect Crooked Hillary! Initech Oct 2016 #31