Despite the fact that Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton over a year ago and should be focused on, geez I don’t know, running the country, he just couldn’t help himself when Vanity Fair apologized for a satiric video that many found insensitive and belittling to the very accomplished politician/former Secretary of State.
Vanity Fair, which looks like it is on its last legs, is bending over backwards in apologizing for the minor hit they took at Crooked H. Anna Wintour, who was all set to be Amb to Court of St James’s & a big fundraiser for CH, is beside herself in grief & begging for forgiveness!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 28, 2017
In the satirical video “Six New Year’s Resolutions for Hillary Clinton,” Vanity Fair offered up some advice for the former presidential candidate, starting with “It’s time to start working on your sequel to your book, What Happened…What the Hell Happened” and finishing with what people considered the most condescending suggestion, “Take up a new hobby in the new year: Volunteer work, knitting, improv comedy, literally anything that will keep you from running again.”
Maybe it’s time for Hillary Clinton to take up a new hobby in 2018 pic.twitter.com/sbE78rA5At
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) December 23, 2017
While the jokes were lighthearted enough, after many accused the publication of of sexism and just general poor taste, Vanity Fair issued an apology. ““It was an attempt at humor and we regret that it missed the mark,” a spokesperson for VF said.
Hey STOP TELLING WOMEN WHAT THE F-CK THEY SHOULD DO OR CAN DO. Get over your mommy issues.
— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) December 27, 2017
I ended 2015 defending Hillary Clinton from sexist attacks.
I ended 2016 defending Hillary Clinton from sexist attacks.
I’m ending 2017 defending @HillaryClinton from sexist attacks.
So much for my Twitter break…— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) December 27, 2017
Vanity Fair tl;dr: Six young white people holding glasses of champagne would like Hillary Clinton to abandon her life’s work and platform and just shut up. Good to know. https://t.co/cELDKdVmYd
— Summer Brennan (@summerbrennan) December 26, 2017
Donald Trump’s tweet also bring Anna Wintour, the artistic director at VF’s owner Condé Nast, into the drama. He suggests that she wanted to be ambassador to the UK under Hillary Clinton, but even though that has been rumored before, that assertion was never really substantiated. Besides that, what a bizarre thing to bring up. Was he planning on making her an ambassador? Probz not. So who tf cares.
In Vanity Fair’s defense, they did not isolate Hillary Clinton. They made videos with the same “Six Resolutions” format for other politicians too, like Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Gary Cohn and President Trump himself. Also, it’s clearly a joke. That being said, none of them weren’t funny enough to be worth posting. Some were downright cringy. Pro-tip: to pull off controversial humor, it actually has to be funny. All tea, no shade at VF: just saying. Also, per the usual, Donald Trump’s commentary was unnecessary and unwanted.
Honestly, maybe everyone’s resolution for 2018 should be to chill tf out.