Homophobic Trump Jokes, or Subversive Shattering of Toxic Masculinity?

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Channel: Hornet · 2018 · News & Politics

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Recently there have been a number of jokes and images shared on social media depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin as secretly gay lovers. Are these jokes homophobic, or are they subversive attempts to shatter each leader’s fragile hyper-masculinity? Hornet's Daniel Villarreal takes a look.

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