> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://hyperallergic.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Required Reading - URL: https://hyperallergic.com/required-reading-295/ - Published: 2016-11-13T17:52:28.000Z - Updated: 2025-11-24T16:28:28.000Z - Description: This week, it's mostly photos and visual reactions to the Trump presidency because sometimes words just don't work. - Author: Hrag Vartanian - Tags: Art, Required Reading, Weekend, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:23 (2016, 2017, part 2) **Yoko Ono** has the [best Trump response](https://twitter.com/yokoono/status/797187458505080834?ref=hyperallergic.com) (yes and yes): > Dear Friends, > I would like to share this message with you as my response to [@realDonaldTrump](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) > love, yoko [pic.twitter.com/s1BqfUgfLr](https://t.co/s1BqfUgfLr?ref=hyperallergic.com) > > — Yoko Ono (@yokoono) [November 11, 2016](https://twitter.com/yokoono/status/797187458505080834?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) **In** [**case you didn’t think Trump would**](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-elect-trump-says-how-many-immigrants-hell-deport/?ref=hyperallergic.com) deport millions and build that wall, *60 Minutes* has some information for you: > “President-elect Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration stance was a central part of his campaign message in 2016 — and he said in an interview airing Sunday that he plans to immediately deport approximately two to three million undocumented immigrants.” **Ishmael Reed** [gives us hope](http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/11/white-nationalisms-last-stand/?ref=hyperallergic.com), but also breaks it down: > Though White nationalism has millions of followers, it is essentially a death cult and Trump’s most prominent constituency has the highest suicide rate among all ethnic groups. Maybe that’s why they voted for a man who promises to fling H-bombs about and is a global warming denier even though some scientists say that we are approaching the point of no return for doing something about climate change.. For the rest of us, White, Black, Yellow, Brown and Native American, living under a White supremacist government is like being tethered to a suicide bomber. **The new** [***Der Speigel***](https://twitter.com/iteeth/status/797552278416883712?ref=hyperallergic.com) **cover** says a lot: > [pic.twitter.com/ECcrNhy0MD](https://t.co/ECcrNhy0MD?ref=hyperallergic.com) > > — Paul Schmelzer (@iteeth) [November 12, 2016](https://twitter.com/iteeth/status/797552278416883712?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) **George W. Bush pops up** to remind you [things could get worse](https://www.facebook.com/georgewbush/photos/a.123745001001234.7885.114546728587728/1292213334154389/?type=3&theater): ![screen-shot-2016-11-13-at-12-31-44-pm](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2016/11/screen-shot-2016-11-13-at-12-31-44-pm.png) **Catalan artist** [**Víctor Enrich** imagines what the white house might look after Trump](http://www.designboom.com/art/victor-enrich-trump-white-house-phalus-2020-11-07-2016/?ref=hyperallergic.com) moves in: ![More phallus than Presidential residence. (via Design Boom) ](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2016/11/victor-enrich-trump-white-house-phalus-2020-designboom-06.jpg) More phallus than Presidential residence. (via Design Boom) **Want to get involved in the democratic process?** Want to know the best way to get your US congressperson’s attention? This is a [useful thread](https://twitter.com/editoremilye/status/797243415922515970?ref=hyperallergic.com) to read: > I worked for Congress for 6 years, and here's what I learned about how they listen to constituents. > > — Emily Coleman (@editoremilye) [November 12, 2016](https://twitter.com/editoremilye/status/797243415922515970?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) **Flashback to Hitler:** Remember when the *New York Times* said [Hitler was only kidding about anti-semitism](https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/797148035520208896?ref=hyperallergic.com)? > "Hitler's only kidding about the antisemitism" New York Times, 1922[https://t.co/gDiiv5GkTv](https://t.co/gDiiv5GkTv?ref=hyperallergic.com) [pic.twitter.com/r1fN4v6SFY](https://t.co/r1fN4v6SFY?ref=hyperallergic.com) > > — Cory Doctorow #BLM (@doctorow) [November 11, 2016](https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/797148035520208896?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) **The** [**sad chairs of academia**](http://sadchairsofacademia.tumblr.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com) are very, very sad: ![This one from Cornell](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2016/11/tumblr_ofpvwrh1oj1uqfbp6o1_1280.jpg) This one from Cornell … so sad. (via Sad Chairs of Academia) **Do you see it?** [Too funny](https://twitter.com/kidnoble/status/796912358216134657?ref=hyperallergic.com) not to share: > RT when you see it. [pic.twitter.com/IHTb3xs0f9](https://t.co/IHTb3xs0f9?ref=hyperallergic.com) > > — Tile Thrower (@kidnoble) [November 11, 2016](https://twitter.com/kidnoble/status/796912358216134657?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) [**The end**](https://twitter.com/KarlreMarks/status/797067549775118336?ref=hyperallergic.com)**?** Maybe: > Western Civilisation, the box set. [pic.twitter.com/famehc3J3c](https://t.co/famehc3J3c?ref=hyperallergic.com) > > — Karl Sharro (@KarlreMarks) [November 11, 2016](https://twitter.com/KarlreMarks/status/797067549775118336?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hyperallergic.com) [*Re*](http://hyperallergic.com/tag/required-reading/)[*quired Reading*](http://hyperallergic.com/tag/required-reading/) *is published every Sunday morning ET, and is comprised of a short list of art-related links to long-form articles, videos, blog posts, or photo essays worth a second look.*