Laughing at a diminished Donald Trump won't diminish the MAGA threat

There is nothing funny about Donald Trump and the extreme danger to the country and world he represents, writes Julian Zelizer .

Zelizer: To laugh now is a dangerous distraction and waste of energy in what will be a long battle to save America ’s multiracial pluralistic democracy.

The laughter and humor, if at all, should stop here, Zelizer says.

Frida Ghitis: Donald Trump is one of two people who could be our next president.

She says he's channeling some of the darkest chapters in human history by channeling Hitler 's Brownshirts .

Ghitis says the stakes are too high to treat him as a figure of fun; we need a moratorium on making fun of Mr. Trump .

David Kamp : Laughter is essential for resisting and maintaining hope in the face of hopelessness.

He says satire can shine a light on the folly of the wicked and misguided.

Kamp: The best time to laugh will be once the 2024 election is over, and Trump and the neofascist movement have been defeated.