Every year, Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day on the last Thursday of November, gathering with family and friends for a delicious meal, before recounting the many blessings they are grateful for in their lives. This year, everything about Thanksgiving seems to be different, starting from self-isolation celebrations and no parade day due to the pandemic, and a new political environment following crucial presidential elections earlier this month.
Creating national dialogues on:
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) November 26, 2020
-Authoritarian Fascism
-Narcissistic Personality Disorder
-What years of untreated Syphilis can do#ThingsWeShouldThankTrumpFor
For this Thanksgiving, many Americans are taking to social media to express their gratitude and list things they are grateful for. Under the sarcastic hashtag #ThingsWeShouldThankTrumpFor, many Americans chose to thank the leaving president Donald Trump for a number of reasons. Notably, many of the people offering thanks to Trump said they were grateful for the many "hard" lessons they have learned during the four years he spent at the White House.
#ThingsWeShouldThankTrumpFor
— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) November 26, 2020
Being such a historically BAD "president" that a record number 80M+ people showed up on Election Day to give him the finger at the polls.
Some Americans highlighted the many political conversations sparked during the last four years of extreme political division in the country, which has engaged thousands if not millions of people in the political arena they might not have been very interested in, before Trump assumed office in 2017.
#ThingsWeShouldThankTrumpFor
— SkyWriter ?️ (@SkyeDawn) November 26, 2020
Late-night comedians: The Jokes wrote themselves. pic.twitter.com/WhueA7jfpb
#ThingsWeShouldThankTrumpFor
Never feeling embarrassed about dancing again.... pic.twitter.com/wTJcoJ19G7— The none and only wears a damn mask (@sportsfan926) November 26, 2020
Others said that the many twists they have witnessed during the last four years of unconventional Trump governance had inspired tremendous comedy shows and numerous online jokes, memes, and funny videos that went viral online.
Thanks to Donald, I know which of my friends and family are racist. #ThingsWeShouldThankTrumpFor pic.twitter.com/dxW2JQf3vj
— CK (@charley_ck14) November 25, 2020
Trump taught me the importance of fact checking. Always ALWAYS fact check people!!! #ThingsWeShouldThankTrumpFor pic.twitter.com/aZLi3yD4O0
— Missdolyn (@g_a_anum) November 26, 2020
Some tweets also pointed at the many new trends that have emerged over the last four years, such as fact-checking media sources to avoid media inaccurate or biased reporting.
Earlier this month, Donald Trump lost his bid for a second term at the White House, when a majority of swing US states reported the majority of votes for his democratic opponent Joe Biden. However, the US President continues to reject the results of the elections as his legal team announced filing several lawsuits hoping to reverse the results so he can spend four more years at the White House.
#ThingsWeShouldThankTrumpFor Helping us understand how important education is. pic.twitter.com/fwOGrUE84c
— Thomas Green (@greentbg) November 26, 2020