Tony Rock
Trump Term No. 2 No Comedy Gold Mine
… But Still Gotta Find Humor in ‘F-ed Up’ Stuff
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Tony Rock says he’s not cheering on a second Donald Trump term as president … admitting there will be more joke opportunities, but he’s not feeling like comedians have struck gold.
We caught up with the comic at LAX Wednesday … and, we had to ask him about Trump ascending to the highest office in the land, again, earlier this week.
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Rock starts by joking about an interaction he had with a drug-sniffing dog while getting off the plane in L.A. … claiming he hadn’t seen one in a while, but he did at LAX — when its handler was allegedly encouraging the animal to check only Black travelers for drugs.
TR says he immediately thought “Automatically, we back on that bulls***.”
We then asked if comedians can at least rip more content for jokes when it comes to Trump’s headlines … and, while Tony says they can because they’re reporters who put a funny spin on the news, he says he wouldn’t use the term “gold mine” because he’s not feeling a lot of good fortune.
Rock says it’s the job of comedians like him to try to find humor in “all the f***ed up stuff” Trump plans to do.
As you know … Trump was inaugurated as the country’s 47th president Monday — and immediately went about signing a series of executive orders doing everything from pulling out of the World Health Organization to changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
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Tony talks about some of these executive orders, too … listen to the end of the clip to hear his raw thoughts on any person of color who voted for DJT.
Bottom line … Tony says comedians need to look for jokes in the silver lining — but, four more years ain’t a gold mine!
