Since President Donald Trump was reelected, the nation has seemingly been thrown right into a state of chaos. From a bombardment of govt orders to ICE roundups and assaults on DEI, many People really feel like they don’t have any steerage and even worse… no hope.
Comic Roy Woods Jr. spoke with The Root about how we are able to deal with the following 4 years of Trump’s time period, and for him, the main focus shouldn’t be strictly on the president. As a substitute, he’s calling People to choose their battles and attain throughout the aisle after they can.
“I don’t know what we’re going to do about Trump,” Woods Jr. admitted. However that doesn’t imply nothing might be finished to cushion the blow of the MAGA chief. “I believe with this administration— and this spherical with Trump, folks need to watch out and just remember to select the belongings you’re going to get upset about,” he suggested. The explanation why? Properly, Woods anticipates the nation hasn’t even seen half of the foolishness but.
“There’s going to be plenty of issues that’s going to return down the pipe that’s going to sound actually silly,” he warned The Root. “It’s going to make u upset. However a few of that stuff ain’t coverage.”
The comic stated the important thing to a profitable 4 years is studying by way of the drama and specializing in coverage and a “sense of accountability.” Throughout the first month of Trump’s time period, he and his republican supporters— notably multi-billionaire Elon Musk— have gouged a number of authorities companies together with USAID, the Division of Training, and even the Division of Well being and Human Companies.
However with key companies being ripped from the seams of the nation’s basis— and specialists notably advising in opposition to this methodology of “rebuilding” the nation— Woods Jr. says People can’t simply sit again and discuss trash concerning the president. “I simply don’t assume that we’re going to successfully use humor as a software of training if we proceed to only name the president dumb,” he stated.
“Even when the insurance policies are dumb, you bought to determine one other entry level and the right way to create dialogue utilizing humor round these matters,” he continued. As a result of, in accordance with him, dangerous mouthing Trump is just going to additional the stark divide within the nation. “I’m not saying that we shouldn’t name out the president’s insurance policies,” he clarified, however he stated one thing totally different has to occur for actual change to start to exist in our society.
“I simply assume the strategy we’ve had the final eight years… I don’t assume have been utterly efficient at unifying or educating folks on the opposite aspect.” The saying goes united we stand, divided we fall, and Woods simply doesn’t need to see the nation all of us love crumble.