In March 2011, Mr. Trump started raising questions about President Obama’s birthplace and birth certificate on television, on shows that included ABC’s “The View” and NBC’s “Today.”

For our first-ever Women in Comedy Issue, we bring you wit, wisdom, and war stories from some of the world’s most hilarious women—Maya Rudolph, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Silverman, Chelsea Handler, and more.

Without getting into details, I think it is as simple as saying the following: Economic interdependence. We are not isolated nations.

In very many cases, circumstances require that the harpooneer shall remain on the whale till the whole tensing or stripping.