President Donald Trump skipped the 2017 White
House Correspondents’ Dinner in April, but it was still
an entertaining affair, largely because of Hasan Minhaj.
The Daily Show comedian elicited plenty of laughter with
lines like these: “(Donald Trump) tweets at 3 a.m. sober.
Who is tweeting at 3 a.m. sober? Donald Trump, because
it’s 10 a.m. in Russia. Those are business hours.”
Minhaj seems to have the president figured out.
The comedian was in Mumbai recently to accept the GQ
‘International Man of the Year’ award and shared with
the audience the key to negotiating with Trump: “If you
want to negotiate with him, you have to negotiate with
him like an Indian uncle. Donald Trump is not a 71-yearold
white man. He is an Indian uncle.”
In case you are skeptical, Minhaj offered ample
proof: “He wears suits that don’t fit, he can’t speak English
properly, he works with his idiotic sons, he hates
women but loves his daughter. He makes up words
when he gets angry. He is an Indian uncle.”
So how should you negotiate with Trump Uncle?
“You have to nod,
agree with him, and
say, ‘Yes, uncle, we
will build the wall, we
will ban trans people
from the military, yes,
I will go to law school,’
and then you go negotiate
with the real
power of the house:
the Indian aunty.”
Melania Aunty?
Nope, not her. “If
you’re wondering if
General Kelly is the Indian aunty of the White House,
you are absolutely correct. In every single press conference,
he is shaking his head like every Indian aunty
shakes her head at every Indian uncle.”