Professional Clown Rejects Label Being Applied To Trump In Washington Post Op-ed

Tim Cunningham – a master comedian and nan committee president of Clowns Without Borders – wrote successful nan Washington Post connected Thursday astir wide critics' predominant usage of nan connection "clown" to picture President Donald Trump and members of his administration. 

"None of this qualifies Trump for specified a title. I americium a comedian and committee president of nan nonprofit, Clowns Without Borders. I’m present to group nan grounds straight," Cunningham argued successful nan Post.

Cunningham listed respective caller examples of Trump being called a clown, including by Democratic Strategist James Carville and MSNBC big Lawrence O'Donnell, who said successful April nan president was a "humiliated clown."

The master comedian besides noted location were "Kick retired nan Clowns" protests crossed nan U.S. 

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A comedian wrote an op-ed for nan Washington Post denouncing nan predominant Trump-clown comparisons. (Photo by Martin Pope/Getty Images, Washington Post)

Conservatives person also compared nan Democratic Party to a comedian show, arsenic Cunningham based on nan title should not beryllium utilized successful authorities astatine all. 

"Our joyful activity has been diminished into an insult. Every predetermination season, nan connection ‘clown’ resurfaces to comparison tumultuous Washington authorities to a circus. Political commentators and societal media users are not nan only ones who wrongfully sling this jibe. ‘Clown’ is utilized by almost everyone to belittle those seen arsenic foolish aliases incompetent. The much we mistreat nan word, nan much we suffer knowing of a ineffable creation form," he wrote.

Cunningham said group should find different measurement to "despise and depose fascism," and said "Keep Clown retired of Trumpian comparisons, and for that matter, each politics."

He besides suggested group usage nan connection "buffoon" instead. 

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A circus comedian car featuring US President Donald Trump and members of his management arsenic portion of a "No Kings" protestation extracurricular nan Michigan Capitol successful  Lansing, Michigan, connected June 14, 2025.  (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

The Post op-ed was mocked connected societal media. 

Abigail Jackson, nan White House Deputy Press Secretary, quipped, "Yes, this is real."

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Cunningham besides elaborate his activity pinch Clowns without Borders, explaining, "CWB has 13 operational chapters astir nan world; our budgets are small, but our scope is broad. We execute for thousands of group surviving successful exile camps, but we tin besides trade an enactment for an assemblage of one."

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"Clowns are much than children’s day statement performers; we thief group relax, heal and punctual others to deliberation otherwise astir nan world," he wrote.