Skip to main content

The context you need, when you need it

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own.

We rely on readers like you to fund our journalism. Will you support our work and become a Vox Member today?

Join now

Here are 10 funny #TrumpSacrifices on Twitter right now

We all live in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the tweets.

Donald Trump plus Twitter is comedy gold.
Donald Trump plus Twitter is comedy gold.
Donald Trump plus Twitter is comedy gold.

The topic is certainly not very funny — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump strafing parents who lost their son, a captain in the U.S. Army, in a bomb attack in Iraq.

It was an appalling overreaction to Khzir and Ghazala Khan, who spoke against Trump at the Democratic National Convention last week, but at least it kept him in the news, right?

Among the things Trump reacted to was an assertion by Khzir Khan that he had not made any sacrifices. Trump’s answer to that was that his creation of jobs was a sacrifice.

But Twitter was not having any of that less-than-stellar response, launching a new hashtag almost immediately called #TrumpSacrifices.

It’s an ugly time, folks, but it is somewhat heartening that Twitter — while too often a place of bile and insanity — is also a venue for letting off steam with some humor.

Here are 10 of the best #TrumpSacrifices I found so far, among some really tasteless ones (please leave Ivanka alone) and one supporting Trump, too:

Not always! Here’s one that tried to hold back the Twitter fun:

This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

See More:

More in Technology

Politics
The Supreme Court will decide when the police can use your phone to track youThe Supreme Court will decide when the police can use your phone to track you
Politics

Chatrie v. United States asks what limits the Constitution places on the surveillance state in an age of cellphones.

By Ian Millhiser
Future Perfect
The simple question that could change your careerThe simple question that could change your career
Future Perfect

Making a difference in the world doesn’t require changing your job.

By Bryan Walsh
Technology
The case for AI realismThe case for AI realism
Technology

AI isn’t going to be the end of the world — no matter what this documentary sometimes argues.

By Shayna Korol
Politics
OpenAI’s oddly socialist, wildly hypocritical new economic agendaOpenAI’s oddly socialist, wildly hypocritical new economic agenda
Politics

The AI company released a set of highly progressive policy ideas. There’s just one small problem.

By Eric Levitz
Future Perfect
Human bodies aren’t ready to travel to Mars. Space medicine can help.Human bodies aren’t ready to travel to Mars. Space medicine can help.
Future Perfect

Protecting astronauts in space — and maybe even Mars — will help transform health on Earth.

By Shayna Korol
Podcasts
The importance of space toilets, explainedThe importance of space toilets, explained
Podcast
Podcasts

Houston, we have a plumbing problem.

By Peter Balonon-Rosen and Sean Rameswaram