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President Trump: How & Why...

Jonathan Pie · commentary · Watch on YouTube

Satire & parodyUS politics & electionsMedia, journalism & propaganda

What it is

Jonathan Pie delivers a satirical rant just after the 2016 US election, blaming the political and media establishment for the rise of Trump. It is a short, profane monologue in character as a frustrated reporter.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Shared after the 2016 election and later as a pithy account of why Trump won and why political division needs to be moved past.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “I think Jonathan Pie encapsulated it perfectly just a few days after the election”

    Satirical take on why Trump won

    Causality1, 2020-03 · Strong recommendation · in “Chelsea Manning ordered to be released [pdf]”

  2. “Those who lack the wisdom to separate their personal opinion on people who support a certain policy or person from the merits of what those people say need to take a gander at the following rant”

    Satirical rant on the election and political division

    Yetanfou, 2016-11 · Recommendation · in “Obama Administration Gives Up on Pacific Trade Deal”

  3. “I'm just gonna leave this here, he says it better than I could”

    Satirical take on the 2016 election

    irishcoffee, 2016-11 · Recommendation · in “Our World Is Going Full ‘Black Mirror’”

  4. “This video pretty much outlines what I think about the recent US election and how I think we should look to move on from it”

    Outlines views on the election and moving on

    ZenoArrow, 2016-11 · Recommendation · in “Show HN: Stop the Bullshit”

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Topics: jonathan pie, satire, trump, politics, polarization

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