Conan offers an easy solution for anyone who just can't handle a Trump presidency


If you are having a hard time coping with the still-stunning news that Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton, drugs are not the best answer — with the possible exception of this fictional one on Conan. "You have to accept the fact that Trump will be our next president," the narrator says in a faux commercial posted online Tuesday. "Or, you can live in blissful denial like I do, by taking 'She Won' A-Day vitamins." These "vitamins" use "powerful truth inhibitors" to convince the taker that Hillary won the presidency, and they're not just for women — or Mexicans, or Muslims, or black people; they also apparently work if you're married to a sanctimonious Bernie Bro. Watch below. Peter Weber
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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.
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