This won’t be the first diary about the Donald’s most recent “gaffe,” but maybe it takes a different slant.
Or playful swing.
First, some reaction to Trump’s latest from around the world:
AYOUB MUSTAFA, a 42-year-old major with the Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces battling the Islamic State group, said Trump's rhetoric reminded him of that of the IS, known also as Daesh, after its Arabic language acronym.
"This man is encouraging the same kind of hatred as Daesh."
AHMED YOUSRI, a 23-year-old banker in Cairo, says Trump's proposal may play into the hands of the Islamic State and help the extremist group find more recruits.
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"But what Trump is doing is giving IS a more legitimate cause for its existence. It will justify their acts and help them recruit people."
There are more examples in the article.
Second: a bit of levity. Because sometimes you just have to laugh at the absurdity of Trump and the Republicans. Or strike back (figuratively of course) at them by making fun of them.
There’s a story from last September that I’ve been wondering how or if to share, but it kind of seems apt now. In the coastal town of Watsonville, California, given the anti-Latino rhetoric being spewed earlier this year by Trump, one piñata maker could not make his Donald Trump line of piñatas fast enough:
“We’re going to have to work overtime,” said co-owner Jesus Marquez of Marquez Bros. Piñatas in Watsonville, a three-generation family business and major supplier to Bay Area party stores. “We’ve made 200 Trump piñatas so far this summer. And this week, we have to make 100.”
In California, piñatas are part of the culture. In Santa Cruz County, where the town of Watsonville is located, the Trump piñatas were selling cross-culturally in retail locations, even surpassing the popular Princesses Elsa and Anna piñatas from Disney’s “Frozen” according to local retailers:
“They’ve gone to birthday parties, regular events, day at the beach and barbecues, family gatherings,” [Yaret Hernandez, owner of El Rosal Bakery] said. “It’s all just for fun.”
And most of her Trump buyers are actually white, she said. But co-owner Rene Marquez, who runs the Marquez Bros. Piñatas retail store on Freedom Boulevard in Watsonville, said nearly all of the customers who want Trump are Latino.
“Some people say they do it as a joke,” he said. “But some people say it’s because they feel attacked by Trump.”
In light of recent events, I think they might consider ratcheting up production.
(Postscript: I shouldn’t have to say this, but : no one in this story is calling for Trump’s head: They’re “striking back” with humor.)