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Offended clowns ask that we call Trump something else

Jason Weisberger
Jul 10, 2025
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Clowns are tired of hearing Donald Trump called one of them; he is "not one of them," say clowns.

"Let's find a better metaphor to despise and depose fascism," Cunningham wrote in an op-ed published Thursday in The Washington Post. "Keep 'clown' out of Trumpian comparisons, and for that matter, all politics. Offer 'clown' the respect it d…

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