(One probably doesn’t expect to have to lose a joke about golden showers because of news stories involving The President.)
(And perhaps even some of Season 5, considering Trump’s campaign started very early on.)
It’s getting to the point where the creative team has to pay attention to everything solely to avoid unwittingly crafting over-the-top plots that are actually happening outside our TVs.
Showrunner Dave Mandel and his writing staff notably had to change up their joke-telling strategies once all the dirty laundry came out on the campaign trail and beyond.