And sexist humor was always good for a laugh.
If Hatlo were still around, he could do nothing but sketch podcasters, talking heads, and other opinion-makers every time Donald Trump makes a rude, thoughtless comment. Trump's recent "tribute" to Rob Reiner and his wife is the latest and perhaps most egregious example.
Moments after his statement hit Truth Social, the shocked responses -- many from Republicans and Trump-supporters -- ricocheted around the internet, damn near drowning out everything else that was going on (other than TMZ's increasingly graphic descriptions of the murder).
This was, of course, what Trump expected. Desired, even. Can't you see him and Stephen Miller rubbing their hands with glee, giggling Look, they fell for it again! All the real-life things that have tarnished the president lately -- again, you couldn't miss them -- immediately vanished. All people could talk about now was his utterly predictable Truth Social post about his show biz "enemy".
Now take a step back. Imagine if each 6:30 network news anchor discussing the Reiner murders had ended the report by saying, "In response to the shocking news, President Trump posted on Truth Social..." And they proceeded to read, word for word, his entire statement while showing it onscreen. Then, after a brief pause, going to the next segment, which reported on whatever the latest real-life Trump scandal was happening.
And imagine CNN doing that throughout the day, once an hour. Now imagine, say, Morgan Freeman reading it on next year's Oscar broadcast. And Billy Crystal doing the same on the Golden Globes.
What could Trump or his fans do? Whine that they were, uh, reading his words? Of course. And they would look really stupid in doing so.
That's the whole point when it comes to Trump. You don't need commentary. But, like the man said, they'll do it every time.
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