Donald Trump in popular culture#Memes
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Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, has attracted considerable media attention during his career as a celebrity personality, businessman, and politician. He has been portrayed and appeared in popular culture since the 1980s, including several cameo appearances and lookalikes in film and television.
Art
In 1989, Ralph Wolfe Cowan painted a portrait of Trump called The Visionary, which hangs in Trump's Palm Beach residence of Mar-a-Lago.{{cite news|url=http://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/news/a5870/trump-portrait-mar-a-lago/|title=The Story Behind Donald Trump's Epic Mar-A-Lago Portrait|work=Town and Country Magazine|first=Kevin|last=Conley|date=April 20, 2016|access-date=May 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306095743/http://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/news/a5870/trump-portrait-mar-a-lago/|archive-date=March 6, 2017|url-status=live }}
Several Madame Tussauds museums have included a figure of Trump.{{cite news|last1=Barnes|first1=Dustin|title=Trump wax figure removed from San Antonio museum after customers kept punching and scratching it|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2021/03/19/donald-trump-wax-figure-removed-museum-after-customers-punched/4763313001/|access-date=14 March 2024|work=USA TODAY|date=19 March 2021}}{{cite news|last1=Garvey|first1=Marianne|title=President Trump’s Madame Tussauds statue will now greet New York visitors in a mask|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/27/entertainment/madame-tussaudsn-trump/index.html|access-date=14 March 2024|work=CNN|date=27 August 2020|language=en}}{{cite news|last1=Crump|first1=James|title=Berlin Madame Tussaud's puts its Donald Trump in a dumpster|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/berlin-madame-tussauds-donald-trump-us-election-2020-b1460043.html|access-date=14 March 2024|work=The Independent|date=30 October 2020|language=en}}
Trump is alluded to with Maurizio Cattelan's 2016 sculpture America, a fully functioning toilet made of solid gold.{{cite web|title=Game of Throne: Maurizio Cattelan's "America" Comes to the Guggenheim|url=https://www.guggenheim.org/blogs/checklist/game-of-throne-maurizio-cattelans-america-comes-to-the-guggenheim|website=Guggenheim|access-date=September 15, 2019|date=September 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528204149/https://www.guggenheim.org/blogs/checklist/game-of-throne-maurizio-cattelans-america-comes-to-the-guggenheim|archive-date=May 28, 2019|url-status=live }}
During the 2016 election, various artworks were made to satirize Donald Trump. These include Make Everything Great Again, a street art mural by Dominykas Čečkauskas and Mindaugas Bonanu depicting Trump French kissing Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia,{{cite news|last=Taylor|first=Adam|title=The Putin-Trump kiss being shared around the world|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/05/13/the-putin-trump-kiss-being-shared-around-the-world/|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=May 13, 2016|access-date=January 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214073717/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/05/13/the-putin-trump-kiss-being-shared-around-the-world/|archive-date=February 14, 2019|url-status=live}} and The Emperor Has No Balls, a series of sculptures depicting a nude Trump by the anarchist collective Indecline.{{cite magazine|last1=Garber-Paul|first1=Elisabeth|title=Naked Trump Statues: Meet Anarchist Artists Behind 'Emperor Has No Balls'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/trump-statues-meet-anarchists-behind-emperor-has-no-balls-w435341|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=August 19, 2016|access-date=January 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116165750/http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/trump-statues-meet-anarchists-behind-emperor-has-no-balls-w435341|archive-date=January 16, 2017|url-status=live}}
Cuban artist Edel Rodriguez painted a series of anti-Trump artworks for various magazines including Time and Der Spiegel.{{cite news|last1=Borchers|first1=Callum|title=This Der Spiegel Trump cover is stunning|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/03/trump-beheads-the-statue-of-liberty-in-striking-magazine-cover-illustration/|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=February 3, 2017|access-date=January 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410101156/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/03/trump-beheads-the-statue-of-liberty-in-striking-magazine-cover-illustration/|archive-date=April 10, 2019|url-status=live}} Illma Gore also created a piece titled Make America Great Again, which depicted Trump naked. The artwork was censored on social media sites, delisted from eBay and refused by galleries in the United States due to security concerns. It attracted bids of over £100,000 after going on display at Maddox Gallery in Mayfair, London, although the artist was anonymously threatened with legal action.{{cite news|last=Greenfield|first=Patrick|title=Artist threatened with lawsuits if she sells nude Donald Trump painting|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/17/nude-donald-trump-painting-illma-gore-lawsuits|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London|date=April 17, 2016|access-date=January 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190206180625/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/17/nude-donald-trump-painting-illma-gore-lawsuits|archive-date=February 6, 2019|url-status=live}}
Trump has been portrayed positively in numerous paintings by far-right artist Jon McNaughton. Alissa Wilkinson in Vox described McNaughton as the "single most famous pro-Trump artist".{{cite web |last=Wilkinson |first=Alissa |date=August 8, 2018 |title=To Trump fans, #MAGA is more than a slogan. It's an aesthetic. |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/8/8/17376824/trump-fan-art-maga-dinesh-dsouza-jon-mcnaughton |access-date=November 29, 2020 |website=Vox}}
A life-size stainless-steel sculpture of Trump, We the People or Trump and His Magic Wand, was shown at a Conservative Political Action Conference in February 2021. Comedian Stephen Colbert commented "Nothing says 'the party of Christian values' like worshiping a golden idol".{{cite news|last1=Boucher|first1=Brian|title=That Golden Trump Statue at CPAC? It Was Made in China, and One of the Artists Says He Wasn't Given Credit Because He's Mexican|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/golden-trump-statue-cpac-1948607|access-date=19 March 2021|work=Artnet News|date=3 March 2021}}{{cite news|title=origin of golden Trump statue revealed|url=https://edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/03/04/trump-gold-statue-china-cpac-sot-ebof-vpx.cnn|work=CNN Video}}
On October 28, 2024, an artwork entitled The Donald J. Trump Enduring Flame was installed in Freedom Plaza, Washington, D.C., United States.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-29 |title=A satirical tiki torch statue pops up in DC days before the presidential election |url=https://wtop.com/local/2024/10/a-satirical-tiki-torch-statue-pops-up-in-dc-days-before-the-presidential-election/ |access-date=2024-10-31 |website= |publisher=WTOP-FM |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Helmore |first=Edward |date=2024-10-29 |title=Mystery artist leaves neo-Nazi tiki torch 'tribute' to Trump near White House |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/29/neo-nazi-tiki-torch-statue |access-date=2024-10-31 |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian Media Group |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |oclc=60623878}}{{Cite news |date=2024-10-29 |title=Who is the mystery poop and tiki torch artist? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/10/29/poop-sculpture-artist-tiki-torch-mystery-identity/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=2269358}} The approximately 8-foot-tall artwork was a bronze-colored stone column supporting a hand holding a tiki torch referencing the Unite the Right rally.{{Cite web |last=Nayyar |first=Rhea |date=2024-10-29 |title=Neo-Nazi Tiki Torch "Monument" to Trump Emerges in DC |url=https://hyperallergic.com/961699/neo-nazi-tiki-torch-monument-to-trump-emerges-in-dc/ |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=Hyperallergic |language=en-US}} The sculpture was slated to remain until 5pm on October 31, 2024, but was destroyed on October 30.{{Cite news |date=2024-10-31 |title=Skateboard-wielding suspect accused of destroying D.C.s tiki torch statue |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/10/31/tiki-torch-statue-destroyed/ |newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{Cite web |date=2024-11-01 |title=Man arrested, another wanted for smashing Trump torch statue at Freedom Plaza with skateboards |url=https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/suspects-smash-trump-torch-statue-at-freedom-plaza-with-skateboards/65-8ac47415-57d4-4ff1-b8ee-825807cd2259 |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=wusa9.com |language=en-US}}
Comics
Since 1986, he has been depicted in the Doonesbury comic strip by Garry Trudeau,{{cite web|url=http://europe.newsweek.com/rise-trump-330996?rm=eu|title=The other time trump was huge: Newsweek's 1987 look at the presidential candidate|work=Newsweek|date=September 30, 2015|access-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312080447/http://europe.newsweek.com/rise-trump-330996?rm=eu|archive-date=March 12, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Doonesbury Collection: Trump|url=http://doonesbury.washingtonpost.com/strip/set/89|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306081734/http://doonesbury.washingtonpost.com/strip/set/89|archive-date=March 6, 2016|url-status=live}} prompting an unfavorable response from Trump.{{cite news|last1=Pilkington|first1=Ed|title=Garry Trudeau: 'Doonesbury quickly became a cause of trouble'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/oct/26/garry-trudeau-doonesbury-40|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London|date=October 25, 2010|access-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040005/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/oct/26/garry-trudeau-doonesbury-40|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live}} In 2016, the Trump-strips were released as a paperback, Yuge!: 30 Years of Doonesbury on Trump.{{cite news|last=Cavna|first=Michael|title='Doonesbury' cartoonist Garry Trudeau: 'If Trump wins, I'll miss civilization as we know it.'|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/08/29/yugedoonesbury-cartoonist-garry-trudeau-if-trump-wins-ill-miss-civilization-as-we-know-it/|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=August 29, 2016|access-date=July 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625190022/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/08/29/yugedoonesbury-cartoonist-garry-trudeau-if-trump-wins-ill-miss-civilization-as-we-know-it/|archive-date=June 25, 2017|url-status=live}} Trump was also depicted in Berkeley Breathed's long-running political cartoon strip Bloom County since 1989 where his brain was placed inside the body of Bill the Cat after being hit by an anchor on his yacht, the Trump Princess.{{cite news|title=Back In Comics|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1989/03/04/back-in-comics/|newspaper=Orlando Sentinel|date=March 4, 1989|access-date=December 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220181102/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1989-03-04/news/8903040437_1_trump-bloom-doonesbury|archive-date=December 20, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Foran|first1=Chris|title='Bloom County' gave us Opus, Bill the Cat – then took them away|url=http://archive.jsonline.com/greensheet/bloom-county-gave-us-opus-bill-the-cat--then-took-them-away-b99729786z1-380886381.html|access-date=December 15, 2016|work=Journal Sentinel|date=May 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220173410/http://archive.jsonline.com/greensheet/bloom-county-gave-us-opus-bill-the-cat--then-took-them-away-b99729786z1-380886381.html|archive-date=December 20, 2016|url-status=live}} In 1990, a Dilbert comic strip indirectly referred to Trump as 'God of Capitalism'.{{cite web|last1=Winter|first1=Carol|title=How Scott Adams Got Hypnotized by Trump|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-03-22/how-dilbert-s-scott-adams-got-hypnotized-by-trump|newspaper=Bloomberg News|date=March 22, 2017|access-date=April 25, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170326101433/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-03-22/how-dilbert-s-scott-adams-got-hypnotized-by-trump|archive-date=March 26, 2017|url-status=live}}
In the 1986 comic The Man of Steel, the villain Lex Luthor is reimagined as an evil corporate executive, based in part on Trump. In 1989, a one-issue Lex Luthor: The Unauthorized Biography was published with a cover mirroring Trump's book Trump: The Art of the Deal.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/superman-lex-luthor-donald-trump/|title=Comic Legends: Was Lex Luthor in Man of Steel Based on Donald Trump?|work=CBR.com|last=Cronin|first=Brian|date=February 5, 2018|access-date=February 5, 2018|archive-date=December 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206082032/https://www.cbr.com/superman-lex-luthor-donald-trump/|url-status=live}}
In 1989, Robert Crumb wrote "Point the Finger", a six-page comic story about Trump for Hup by Last Gasp.{{cite book|last=Hock|first=Stephen|year=2020|title=Trump Fiction: Essays on Donald Trump in Literature, Film, and Television|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=978-1498598057|pages=5–6}}{{cite book|last=Worden|first=Daniel|year=2021|title=The Comics of R. Crumb: Underground in the Art Museum|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1496833808|pages=14–15}}
During the 2016 election, various comic artists satirized Trump and his campaign.{{cite news|last1=Kim|first1=Matt|title=When Comics Mocked Donald Trump In 2016, Everyone Won|url=https://www.inverse.com/article/25234-comic-creators-on-their-2016-donald-trump-references|access-date=December 15, 2016|work=Inverse|date=December 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220110949/https://www.inverse.com/article/25234-comic-creators-on-their-2016-donald-trump-references|archive-date=December 20, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Stahl|first1=Michael|title=How Trump's Win Is Changing Stand-Up Comedy|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/how-trumps-win-is-changing-stand-up-comedy-w455263|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=December 14, 2016|access-date=December 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215122612/http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/how-trumps-win-is-changing-stand-up-comedy-w455263|archive-date=December 15, 2016|url-status=live}} For example, following Pepe the Frog's association to the Trump campaign and the alt-right, Matt Furie published a satirical take of his appropriation on The Nib.{{cite news|last1=Wade|first1=Cameron|title=Pepe the Frog Creator Matt Furie Pens New Comic Showing Pepe's Alt-Right Nightmare|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/10/pepe-the-frog-creator-comic-alt-right-nightmare.html|website=Paste|date=October 17, 2016|access-date=October 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023142122/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/10/pepe-the-frog-creator-comic-alt-right-nightmare.html|archive-date=October 23, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Powell|first1=Austin|title=Pepe the Frog creator's new Trump comic captures the horror of the 2016 election|url=http://www.dailydot.com/unclick/pepe-frog-trump-alt-right-comic/|access-date=October 23, 2016|work=Daily Dot|date=October 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023141234/http://www.dailydot.com/unclick/pepe-frog-trump-alt-right-comic/|archive-date=October 23, 2016|url-status=live}}
He is parodied in the Spanish Mort & Phil albums {{ill|¡El capo se escapa!|es}}, {{ill|Drones Matones|es}}{{cite web|last1=Johnston|first1=Rich|title=Spain's Most Popular Comic Book – And 81-Year-Old Francisco Ibáñez – Targets Donald Trump|url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/francisco-ibanez-targets-donald-trump/|access-date=October 12, 2020|work=Bleeding Cool|date=June 9, 2017|archive-date=December 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206052934/https://bleedingcool.com/comics/francisco-ibanez-targets-donald-trump/|url-status=live }} and {{ill|El 60 aniversario|es}}, 2016–2017.{{cite web|last1=Abella|first1=Anna|title=Francisco Ibáñez: "There will be no Mortadelo on the Catalan crisis"|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/20171115/entrevista-francisco-ibanez-mortadelo-60-aniversario-6423532|language=es|access-date=October 12, 2020|work=El Periodico|date=October 15, 2017|archive-date=December 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206053027/https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/20171115/entrevista-francisco-ibanez-mortadelo-60-aniversario-6423532|url-status=live }}
In addition to sporadic appearances throughout its main line, Mad magazine has made Trump the main subject of two special issues, Mad About Trump (2017) and Mad About the Trump Era (2019).{{cite web|last1=Papenfuss|first1=Maria|title=Mad Magazine Goes For Madly Hilarious In New Book Bashing Trump Era|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mad-about-trump-era-book_n_5c0f1276e4b08bcb27eba9cc|access-date=July 23, 2020|work=Huffpost|date=November 12, 2018|archive-date=December 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206082125/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mad-about-trump-era-book_n_5c0f1276e4b08bcb27eba9cc|url-status=live }}
Trump appears in the 2020 Bomb Queen satirical graphic novel Ultimate Bomb: Trump Card as its main antagonist.{{Cite web|date=June 11, 2020|title=Bomb Queen creator promises her return will "offend everyone"|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/bomb-queen-creator-promises-her-return-will-offend-everyone|access-date=June 11, 2020|website=GamesRadar+|last=Marston|first=George|language=en-us}}
Trump appears in a 2020 story of the Japanese manga Death Note: The a-Kira Story. Here, he encounters Ryuk, a god of death, in the Oval Office.{{cite news|last=Vertaldi|first=Aurélia|title=Un nouveau chapitre de Death Note disponible gratuitement, avec Donald Trump en invité surprise|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/livres/un-nouveau-chapitre-de-death-note-disponible-gratuitement-avec-donald-trump-en-invite-surprise-20200206|access-date=July 7, 2020|work=Le Figaro|date=February 6, 2020|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707164724/https://www.lefigaro.fr/livres/un-nouveau-chapitre-de-death-note-disponible-gratuitement-avec-donald-trump-en-invite-surprise-20200206|archive-date=July 7, 2020|url-status=live }}
Films
{{Main|Donald Trump filmography}}
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Trump makes a cameo appearance as the Plaza Hotel owner in the 1992 movie Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.{{cite news|last1=Maslin|first1=Janet|title=The Plaza Off Screen: A Real-Life Adventure|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/04/movies/the-plaza-off-screen-a-real-life-adventure.html?pagewanted=all|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 4, 1992|access-date=December 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121064103/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/04/movies/the-plaza-off-screen-a-real-life-adventure.html?pagewanted=all|archive-date=January 21, 2019|url-status=live}} He also appeared as a guest in many films and series such as: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Job, Suddenly Susan, Sex and the City, The Drew Carey Show, Two Weeks Notice, Spin City, The Nanny, The Associate, The Little Rascals, Zoolander, and Eddie.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yosAVMB47-Y|title=Every Donald Trump Cameo Ever|publisher=CH2|year=2015|access-date=November 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127035023/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yosAVMB47-Y|archive-date=November 27, 2016|url-status=live }}
Trump: What's the Deal?, was screened twice in New York in July 1991,{{cite news|last=Anderson|first=Susan Heller|title=Chronicle|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/05/style/chronicle-801291.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 5, 1991|access-date=April 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707110303/http://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/05/style/chronicle-801291.html|archive-date=July 7, 2017|url-status=live}} but was not publicly released until it became available on the Internet in 2015.{{cite news|first=David Cay|last=Johnston|author-link=David Cay Johnston|title=Trump: Documentary The Donald Suppressed, Free At Last|url=http://www.nationalmemo.com/trump-documentary-the-donald-suppressed-free-at-last/|website=NationalMemo.com|date=August 1, 2015|access-date=April 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407060501/http://www.nationalmemo.com/trump-documentary-the-donald-suppressed-free-at-last/|archive-date=April 7, 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Kornbluth|first=Jesse|title=25 Years Ago, A Documentary Called 'Trump: What's the Deal?' Told The Truth About Trump. Trump Threatened To Sue. It Was Never Shown. You Can See It Now|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jesse-kornbluth/25-years-ago-a-documentar_b_9727252.html|newspaper=HuffPost|date=April 19, 2016|access-date=April 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919043643/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jesse-kornbluth/25-years-ago-a-documentar_b_9727252.html|archive-date=September 19, 2017|url-status=live}} In 2005, ABC aired Trump Unauthorized, a biographical television film starring Justin Louis as Trump.{{cite news|last=Lowry|first=Brian|title=Review: 'Trump Unauthorized'|url=https://variety.com/2005/scene/markets-festivals/trump-unauthorized-1200525583/|magazine=Variety|date=May 23, 2005|access-date=April 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410094744/http://variety.com/2005/scene/markets-festivals/trump-unauthorized-1200525583/|archive-date=April 10, 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Canadian actor plays Donald Trump|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/canadian-actor-plays-donald-trump-1.551438|access-date=April 6, 2017|work=CBC News|date=May 24, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202021527/http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/canadian-actor-plays-donald-trump-1.551438|archive-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=live}} Although Trump was not involved with the film, he considered it a "great compliment", despite previously threatening to sue the filmmakers if it contained inaccuracies.{{cite news|last=Kaplan|first=Don|title=Trump Gives Thumbs-Up To TV Biopic|url=https://nypost.com/2005/05/25/trump-gives-thumbs-up-to-tv-biopic/|newspaper=New York Post|date=May 25, 2005|access-date=April 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410150628/http://nypost.com/2005/05/25/trump-gives-thumbs-up-to-tv-biopic/|archive-date=April 10, 2017|url-status=live}}
Trump appeared with Rudy Giuliani in the 2005 documentary Giuliani Time.{{cite news|last=Cruz|first=Gilbert|title=Watch This 2006 Documentary About Rudy Giuliani|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/watching/rudy-giuliani-documentary.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 21, 2016|access-date=January 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129040517/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/watching/rudy-giuliani-documentary.html|archive-date=November 29, 2018|url-status=live}}
You've Been Trumped (2011), a documentary film by Anthony Baxter, follows Trump's efforts to develop a Scottish golf resort.{{cite news|last=Ward|first=Bob|title=You've Been Trumped: film reveals tycoon's ruthless efforts to build Scottish golf resort|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2011/sep/13/youve-been-trumped-scotland-golf-course|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London|date=September 13, 2011|access-date=January 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118082145/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2011/sep/13/youve-been-trumped-scotland-golf-course|archive-date=January 18, 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Degree returned over Donald Trump's RGU award|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-11421376|work=BBC News|date=September 28, 2010|access-date=June 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404224555/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-11421376|archive-date=April 4, 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/donald_trump_fights_back_over_menie_the_movie_1_1680785|title=Donald Trump fights back over 'Menie: The Movie{{'-}}|work=The Scotsman|date=June 10, 2011|access-date=December 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522232654/http://www.scotsman.com/news/donald_trump_fights_back_over_menie_the_movie_1_1680785|archive-date=May 22, 2013|url-status=live }} When it was announced that the documentary was to premiere on BBC Two television in the UK, on October 21, 2012,{{cite news|title=You've Been Trumped|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01nln7g/Youve_Been_Trumped/|format=iPlayer|work=BBC News|access-date=October 23, 2012|date=October 21, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022165435/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01nln7g/Youve_Been_Trumped/|archive-date=October 22, 2012}} Trump's lawyers contacted the BBC to demand that the film should not be shown, saying that it was defamatory and misleading. The screening went ahead, with the BBC defending the decision and stating that Trump had refused the opportunity to take part in the film.{{cite news|last=Carrell|first=Severin|title=Donald Trump lawyers tried to stop BBC showing Scottish bullying film|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/oct/22/donald-trump-bbc-film-row|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London|date=October 22, 2012|access-date=October 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013051048/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/oct/22/donald-trump-bbc-film-row|archive-date=October 13, 2013|url-status=live}}
In 2016, Funny or Die released a parody film called Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie with Johnny Depp portraying Trump.{{cite news|last=Lee|first=Benjamin|title=Funny or Die releases spoof Donald Trump biopic starring Johnny Depp|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/feb/10/funny-or-die-donald-trump-johnny-depp|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London|date=February 10, 2016|access-date=February 11, 2016|issn=0261-3077|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160211062504/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/feb/10/funny-or-die-donald-trump-johnny-depp|archive-date=February 11, 2016|url-status=live}} Trump was also portrayed by Jeff Rector in the 2020 fantasy comedy film Bad President.{{cite web|last=Grater|first=Tom|title=Trump Satire 'Bad President' Featuring Stormy Daniels Heads To Cannes On VMI Slate|date=19 June 2020|work=Deadline Hollywood|url=https://deadline.com/2020/06/trump-satire-bad-president-stormy-daniels-cannes-vmi-1202964038/|access-date=20 December 2020|archive-date=December 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201212055/https://deadline.com/2020/06/trump-satire-bad-president-stormy-daniels-cannes-vmi-1202964038/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Gonzalez|first=Umberto|title='Bad President' Movie Trailer Features the Devil Coaching Donald Trump – and Stormy Daniels as Herself (Video)|date=29 September 2020|work=TheWrap|url=https://www.thewrap.com/bad-president-donald-trump-stormy-daniels/|access-date=20 December 2020|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111114328/https://www.thewrap.com/bad-president-donald-trump-stormy-daniels/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=LePire|first=Bobby|title=Bad President|date=27 October 2020|work=Film Threat|url=https://filmthreat.com/reviews/bad-president/|access-date=20 December 2020|archive-date=December 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201050545/https://filmthreat.com/reviews/bad-president/|url-status=live}}
As the October 2015 date featured in the Back to the Future films approached, media outlets began noting similarities between the older version of the Biff Tannen character in Back to the Future Part II and then-presidential candidate Trump.Lee, Benjamin, [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/23/back-to-the-future-writer-bad-guy-biff-was-based-on-donald-trump Back to the Future writer: bad guy Biff was based on Donald Trump] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206082502/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/23/back-to-the-future-writer-bad-guy-biff-was-based-on-donald-trump|date=December 6, 2020 }}, The Guardian, October 23, 2015 Screenwriter Bob Gale said, "Yeah. That's what we were thinking about." Rolling Stone observes that Biff "resides in a palatial penthouse atop a casino, which bears a striking resemblance to the Trump Plaza Hotel".{{Cite news|last=Collins|first=Ben|date=October 21, 2015|title='Back to the Future' Writer: Biff Tannen Is Based on Donald Trump|language=en|work=The Daily Beast|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/21/how-back-to-the-future-predicted-trump|url-status=live|access-date=April 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508080427/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/21/how-back-to-the-future-predicted-trump|archive-date=May 8, 2017}}{{Cite magazine|last=Stuart|first=Tessa|date=October 21, 2015|title='Back to the Future' Writer: Biff Is Donald Trump|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/back-to-the-future-writer-biff-is-donald-trump-190408/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330073615/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/back-to-the-future-writer-biff-is-donald-trump-190408/|archive-date=March 30, 2019|access-date=April 27, 2019|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}
Trump is a character in the 2019 English-Belgian CGI comedy The Queen's Corgi. In the film, he and Melania Trump along with their dog Mitzi visit Buckingham Palace to meet Queen Elizabeth.{{cite news|last1=Loughrey|first1=Clarisse|title=The Queen's Corgi review: Deeply unpleasant and in no way suitable for children|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/queens-corgi-review-animation-donald-trump-elizabeth-dogs-a8987021.html|access-date=19 February 2021|work=The Independent|date=4 July 2019|language=en}}
The Trump biopic The Apprentice, directed by Iranian-Danish director Ali Abbasi, about Trump's early years as a real estate developer and the relationship with first wife Ivana premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2024. The audience gave the movie an eight-minute standing ovation.{{cite news |last=Yuan |first=Jada |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2024/05/20/donald-trump-the-apprentice-cannes/ |title=Controversial Donald Trump movie ‘The Apprentice’ depicts him as rapist |work=The Washington Post |date=May 21, 2024 |access-date=May 22, 2024}} According to Agence France Press, the movie "paints an unflinching but nuanced portrait of the former US president", charting his "decency being eroded as he learns the dark arts of dealmaking and tastes power".{{cite news |last=McIntosh |first=Steven |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ggplvn5pzo |title=Donald Trump biopic causes a stir in Cannes |work=BBC |date=May 21, 2024 |access-date=May 22, 2024}} The Trump campaign denounced the movie as sensationalizing long-debunked lies and said it would be filing a lawsuit. Variety reported that one of the financiers of the movie was Kinematics, a company backed by Dan Snyder, a billionaire supporter of Trump, who believed that the movie would depict a flattering portrait of Trump, and that Kinematics was taking legal steps to compel the director to make changes.{{cite news |last=Siegel |first=Tatiana |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/donald-trump-movie-the-apprentice-dan-snyder-feud-1236010060/ |title=Inside the Legal Battle to Recut Trump Movie ‘The Apprentice’: Why Billionaire Investor Dan Snyder Is Furious With Ex-President’s Portrayal (EXCLUSIVE) |work=Variety |date=May 20, 2024 |access-date=May 22, 2024}}
Games
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Trump Castle is a series of gambling simulation video games, named after Trump's Castle hotel and casino, published between 1989 and 1993.{{cite news|last1=Shannon|first1=L. R.|title=Peripherals; Deus ex Machina|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/15/science/peripherals-deus-ex-machina.html|access-date=5 August 2021|work=The New York Times|date=15 August 1989}}{{cite news|last1=Lynch|first1=Dennis|title=Games for the Bettor|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1993-06-04-9306040083-story.html|access-date=5 August 2021|work=Chicago Tribune|date=4 June 1993}} Trump: The Game, a board game inspired by Monopoly, was released in 1989. A second version was released in 2004, riding on the popularity of Trump's reality show The Apprentice.{{cite news|last1=Fisher|first1=Marc|last2=Contrera|first2=Jessica|title=Want to know how Donald Trump views the world? Try playing his '80s board game.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/when-you-play-donald-trumps-board-game-you-have-to-become-donald-trump/2016/04/18/9e683c08-00fe-11e6-9203-7b8670959b88_story.html|access-date=5 August 2021|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=18 April 2016}} Donald Trump's Real Estate Tycoon, a business simulation computer game, was released in 2002.{{cite news|title=The Donald Rolls Out|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/10/21/the-donald-rolls-out|access-date=5 August 2021|work=IGN|date=21 October 2004|language=en}} The computer game The Apprentice: Los Angeles, released in 2007, was based on the TV-series.{{cite web|last=Purchese|first=Robert|title=Apprentice game revealed|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/apprentice-game-revealed|website=Eurogamer|access-date=5 August 2021|language=en|date=8 February 2007}}
Trumptendo, a website with NES games hacked to include Trump, was launched in 2016. It included games like Punch-Out!! and Super Mario Bros.{{cite news|title=Trumptendo Will Make Nintendo Great Again|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/games/nintendo/trumptendo-will-make-nintendo-great-again/|access-date=5 August 2021|work=Paste|date=16 May 2016|language=en|archive-date=September 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220911033017/https://www.pastemagazine.com/games/nintendo/trumptendo-will-make-nintendo-great-again/|url-status=dead }}{{cite news|last1=Dicker|first1=Rachel|title=Trumptendo Lets You Beat Up on Donald Trump in Classic Nintendo Video Games|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-05-17/trumptendo-casts-donald-trump-as-the-villain-in-classic-nintendo-games|access-date=5 August 2021|work=U.S. News & World Report|date=17 May 2016}}
Mr. President, a satirical video game about saving president "Ronald Rump" from getting assassinated, got released in 2016 prior to the U.S. presidential election.{{Cite web |url=https://kotaku.com/mr-president-asks-players-to-save-donald-trump-from-as-1787677514 |title=Mr. President Asks Players To Save Donald Trump From Assassination (Or Not) |last=D'Anastasio |first=Cecilia |date=2016-10-11 |website=Kotaku |access-date=2024-11-09}} The game went viral among YouTubers, and saw a resurgence in 2024 after the attempted assassination of Trump.{{Cite web |url=https://www.thegamer.com/donald-trump-assassination-game-trends-steam/ |title=Donald Trump Assassination Game Trends On Steam After Real-Life Attempt |last=Troughton |first=James |date=2024-07-15 |website=TheGamer |access-date=2024-11-09}}
Literature
{{Main|Bibliography of Donald Trump}}
Donald Trump, along with the Trump Tower, is depicted in the 1986 novel I'll Take Manhattan.{{cite news|last1=Dullea|first1=Georgia|title=At Party for Judith Krantz, Life Imitates Art|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/02/style/at-party-for-judith-krantz-life-imitates-art.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 2, 1986|access-date=November 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115020644/http://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/02/style/at-party-for-judith-krantz-life-imitates-art.html|archive-date=November 15, 2017|url-status=live}} Trump himself appears in the 1987 miniseries adaptation.{{cite news|last1=Sutton|first1=Larry|title=Donald Trump A Natural At Playing Donald Trump|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1986-07-15/features/8602110562_1_trump-tower-donald-trump-mr-redford|newspaper=Sun-Sentinel|date=July 15, 1986|access-date=November 14, 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115082849/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1986-07-15/features/8602110562_1_trump-tower-donald-trump-mr-redford|archive-date=November 15, 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last1=Schreckinger|first1=Ben|title=Donald Trump, TV star|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/donald-trump-tv-star-215621|work=POLITICO|date=November 7, 2015|access-date=November 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115014806/https://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/donald-trump-tv-star-215621|archive-date=November 15, 2017|url-status=live}}
A parody of Trump is the main villain in the 1992 The Destroyer novel Ghost in the Machine.{{cite web|url=https://www.fictiondb.com/author/warren-murphy-richard-sapir~ghost-in-the-machine~79890~b.htm|title=Ghost in the Machine by Warren Murphy; Richard Sapir|access-date=December 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220075409/https://www.fictiondb.com/author/warren-murphy-richard-sapir~ghost-in-the-machine~79890~b.htm|archive-date=December 20, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=id1jCAAAQBAJ&q=Ghost+in+the+Machine+richard+sapir&pg=PT1|title=Ghost in the Machine: Number 90 in Series|first1=Richard|last1=Sapir|first2=Warren|last2=Murphy|date=May 7, 2015|publisher=Little, Brown Book Group|isbn=978-0751559385|access-date=December 6, 2016|via=Google Books|archive-date=December 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206082249/https://books.google.com/books?id=id1jCAAAQBAJ&q=Ghost+in+the+Machine+richard+sapir&pg=PT1|url-status=live}}
The erotic novel Trump Tower (2011) includes Trump as a character. It was originally marketed as authored by Trump.{{cite news|last=Rense|first=Sarah|title=All I Want for Christmas Is This Trump Tower Erotica Novel|url=http://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/sex/news/a50208/donald-trump-erotic-book/|magazine=Esquire|date=November 1, 2016|access-date=January 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429212507/http://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/sex/news/a50208/donald-trump-erotic-book/|archive-date=April 29, 2017|url-status=live}}
Andrew Shaffer's satirical book, The Day of the Donald (2016), imagines Trump winning the 2016 presidential election and discusses his second year as America's 45th president. Shaffer initially wrote and published the book on believing Trump would not win his 2016 election.{{cite news|last=Wilwol|first=John|title=The Day of the Donald' imagines life under President Trump|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-day-of-the-donald-imagines-life-under-president-trump/2016/06/27/681f76a2-3957-11e6-9ccd-d6005beac8b3_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=July 7, 2016|access-date=September 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017234451/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-day-of-the-donald-imagines-life-under-president-trump/2016/06/27/681f76a2-3957-11e6-9ccd-d6005beac8b3_story.html|archive-date=October 17, 2016|url-status=live}}
The television series Twin Peaks (2017) features a mysterious artifact called the "Owl Cave ring".{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/twin-peaks-owl-cave-ring-explainer/|title=Dougie's Green Ring May Be Critical to Comprehending Twin Peaks|date=May 30, 2017|access-date=November 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107031932/http://www.tvguide.com/news/twin-peaks-owl-cave-ring-explainer/|archive-date=November 7, 2017|url-status=live}} In Mark Frost's book Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier (2017), it is implied that Trump may have worn this ring.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/mark-frost-twin-peaks-book-interview-1202603360/|title=Mark Frost Offers 'Dessert' for 'Twin Peaks' Fans With Revealing 'Final Dossier' Novel|first=Chris|last=Willman|date=October 31, 2017|access-date=November 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102025656/http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/mark-frost-twin-peaks-book-interview-1202603360/|archive-date=November 2, 2017|url-status=live}}
Derek Landy's 2017–2022 novel series Valkyrie Cain (Skulduggery Pleasant: Phase Two) features a pastiche of Trump named Martin Flannery as a minor antagonist, who first appears in Resurrection and last appears in Until the End, whom Landy initially wrote into the series on believing Trump would not win his 2016 election.{{cite book|last=Landy|first=Derek|author-link=Derek Landy|date=2017–2022|title=Valkyrie Cain (Skulduggery Pleasant: Phase Two)|url=https://www.skulduggerypleasant.co.uk|location=Dublin, Ireland|publisher=HarperCollins}}
In The Beautiful Poetry of Donald Trump (2017), the poems are composed of lines taken from Trump's tweets and speeches, with attribution added to every line of verse.{{cite web|last1=Sears|first1=Rob|title=I discovered the secret poetry of Donald Trump – and it's tremendous|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/world/north-america/2017/09/i-discovered-secret-poetry-donald-trump-and-its-tremendous|work=New Statesman|access-date=5 August 2021|language=en|date=19 September 2017}}
The 2018 poetry collection Sincerity by Carol Ann Duffy, British Poet Laureate, includes a poem entitled "Swearing In". It begins "Combover ... twitter-rat, tweet-twat, tripe-gob, muckspout", includes the expressions "tie-treader", and "mandrake mymmerkin", and ends "welcome to the White House".{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/27/carol-ann-duffy-poet-laureate-books-interview|title=Carol Ann Duffy: 'With the evil twins of Trump and Brexit ... there was no way of not writing about that, it is just in the air'|first=Lisa|last=Allardice|newspaper=The Guardian|date=October 27, 2018|access-date=October 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027142645/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/27/carol-ann-duffy-poet-laureate-books-interview|archive-date=October 27, 2018|url-status=live }}
Dumpty is a 2019 satirical poetry book by John Lithgow. The poems are about Trump and people in his administration.{{cite news|last1=Heritage|first1=Stuart|title='I don't think he'd get the jokes': why is John Lithgow writing poetry about Donald Trump?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/24/i-dont-think-hed-get-the-jokes-why-is-john-lithgow-writing-poetry-about-donald-trump|access-date=5 August 2021|work=the Guardian|date=24 December 2019|language=en}}{{cite news|title=John Lithgow on His Satirical Poems|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/25/books/review/podcast-john-lithgow-dumpty-trump-era-poems-leigh-bardugo-ninth-house.html|access-date=5 August 2021|work=The New York Times|date=25 October 2019}}
Charlie Kaufman's 2020 novel Antkind includes Trump-robots armed with nuclear weapons.{{cite news|last=Watkins|first=Emily|title=Charlie Kaufman: 'Trump is a heartbreaking human being'|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/books/charlie-kaufman-interview-debut-novel-antman-557636|access-date=14 August 2022|work=i|date=20 July 2020|language=en}}{{cite news|last=Cline|first=2=Jake|title=Review {{!}} Charlie Kaufman's debut novel, 'Antkind,' is just as loopy and clever as his movies|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/charlie-kaufmans-debut-novel-antkind-is-just-as-loopy-and-clever-as-his-movies/2020/07/09/c96715d0-c1ef-11ea-b4f6-cb39cd8940fb_story.html|access-date=14 August 2022|newspaper=Washington Post|date=9 July 2020}}
=Fan fiction=
Trump has been included in self-published works, including fan fiction/slash fiction. Elijah Daniel's novella Trump Temptations: The Billionaire & The Bellboy (2016) was number one on some of Amazon.com's sales charts.{{cite news|last1=Andrews-Dyer|first1=Helena|title=The 7 best punchlines from the Trump erotica e-book that's currently No. 1 on Amazon|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2016/01/26/the-7-best-punchlines-from-the-trump-erotica-e-book-thats-currently-no-1-on-amazon/|access-date=19 April 2021|newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{cite web|last=Gauthier|first=Brendan|title='Leathery yet frigid flesh of a privileged and hypocritical billionaire': The Amazon reviews for Donald Trump gay erotica satire are amazing|url=https://www.salon.com/2016/01/26/leathery_yet_frigid_flesh_of_a_privileged_and_hypocritical_billionaire_the_amazon_reviews_for_donald_trump_gay_erotica_satire_are_amazing/|website=Salon|language=en|date=27 January 2016}} A Kickstarter for the picture book D Is for Dump Trump: An Anti-Hate Alphabet raised $37,000 in 2016.{{cite news|last1=Flood|first1=Alison|title=Picture books and porn: mini-boom in satirical titles inspired by Donald Trump|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/27/picture-books-and-porn-mini-boom-in-satirical-titles-inspired-by-donald-trump|work=The Guardian|date=27 July 2016|language=en}} Several erotic stories have been published.{{cite news|last1=Conroy|first1=Oliver|title='My Antifa Lover': I read the weirdest Trump-era erotica so you don't have to|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jan/28/erotica-fan-fiction-for-the-trump-era-chuck-tingle-jessica-stranger|work=The Guardian|date=28 January 2021|language=en}}{{cite magazine|last1=Kramer Bussel|first1=Rachel|title=Trump Erotica: How Smut Is Getting Political Again|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/trump-erotica-how-smut-is-getting-political-again-111573/|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=4 May 2017}} Fan fiction includes stories involving My Little Pony, Vince McMahon, SpongeBob SquarePants and Vladimir Putin.{{cite web|last1=Ladin|first1=Brittany|title=Trump Fan Fiction Is a Thing, and It's Horrifying|url=https://thebolditalic.com/trump-fan-fiction-is-a-thing-and-its-just-as-weird-and-horrifying-as-you-d-imagine-d40accd24a61|website=The Bold Italic|language=en|date=29 January 2017}}{{cite magazine|last1=Grey Ellis|first1=Emma|title=Porny Presidential Fanfic Isn't Just Kinky – It's Political|url=https://www.wired.com/story/presidential-fanfiction/|magazine=Wired|date=16 January 2019|language=en-us}}{{cite web|last1=Hay|first1=Mark|title=Good God, There's a Lot of Trump-Putin Erotica Out There|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/good-god-theres-a-lot-of-trump-putin-erotica-out-there/|website=Vice|date=December 15, 2017|language=en}}
=Wikipedia=
{{Main article|Wikipedia coverage of Donald Trump}}
Trump has an article on the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Editors of Wikipedia often have contentious discussions on what should be included in the article, and there are accusations of political bias among editors. The article has extended confirmed protection, so only certain editors (editors with at least 30 days of activity and 500 edits) can edit the article.{{cite web|last=Morrison|first=Sara|title=How Wikipedia is preparing for Election Day|url=https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/11/2/21541880/wikipedia-presidential-election-misinformation-social-media|website=Vox|access-date=9 September 2021|language=en|date=2 November 2020}}{{cite web|title=Donald Trump's Wikipedia page: inside the brutal, petty battles over the president's entry|work=Slate|first=Aaron|last=Mak|date=May 28, 2019|url=https://slate.com/technology/2019/05/donald-trump-wikipedia-page.html|access-date=9 September 2021}} The website "Loser.com" used to redirect to Trump's Wikipedia article.{{cite web|last1=Henry|first1=Jacob|title=Loser.com website now re-directs people to Donald Trump's Wikipedia page|url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/11/10/loser-com-redirects-to-donald-trumps-wikipedia-page-13570596/|website=Metro|access-date=9 September 2021|language=en|date=10 November 2020}}{{cite magazine|title=Loser.com Now Redirects to Donald Trump's Wikipedia Page|url=https://time.com/4204929/donald-trump-trolled-loser-wikipedia/|magazine=Time|first=Daniel|last=White|date=2 February 2016|access-date=5 August 2022|language=en}}
Music
{{Main|Donald Trump in music}}
Since the 1980s, Donald Trump's wealth and lifestyle have been a fixture of hip hop lyrics,{{cite web|url=http://awm.com/donald-trump-lyrics/|title=Donald Trump Lyrics in Popular Songs|work=AWM|access-date=November 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112205511/http://awm.com/donald-trump-lyrics/|archive-date=November 12, 2016|url-status=dead }} his name being quoted by more than 50 artists.{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3PDW6g1ceU|title=25 years of Donald Trump mentions in hip hop|publisher=YouTube|author=mantolius|date=February 25, 2016|access-date=November 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308085214/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3PDW6g1ceU|archive-date=March 8, 2017|url-status=live }}
In 2011, rapper Mac Miller released his "Donald Trump" song about rising to Trump-level riches, which became a Billboard hit. The billionaire subsequently requested royalties for using his name, starting a feud with Miller.{{cite magazine|last1=Makarechi|first1=Kia|title=Mac Miller, Donald Trump's Least Favorite Rapper, Revisits Feud|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/01/mac-miller-donald-trump-feud|access-date=June 13, 2016|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=January 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617055826/http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/01/mac-miller-donald-trump-feud|archive-date=June 17, 2016|url-status=live }}
In 2016, rapper YG released a single titled "FDT", referring to Trump in a disparaging manner. In November 2019, Trump visited Madison Square Garden where people yelled the lyrics of the song at him.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-people-yell-lyrics-yg-nipsey-hussles-fuck-donald-trump-president-waves-back-2564067|title=Watch people yell lyrics at Donald Trump|work=NME|date=November 3, 2019|access-date=January 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112174430/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-people-yell-lyrics-yg-nipsey-hussles-fuck-donald-trump-president-waves-back-2564067|archive-date=January 12, 2020|url-status=live}}
Florida radio station WHEL has been branded as “Trump Country” with a Donald Trump impersonator as imaging voice in 2020 and since 2025.
Television
{{See also|Saturday Night Live parodies of Donald Trump}}
Since 1988, Trump and members of his family have been parodied on Saturday Night Live (SNL).{{cite news|last=Price|first=Lydia|url=http://www.people.com/article/history-of-donald-trump-on-snl|title=Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live|magazine=People|access-date=March 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319082447/http://www.people.com/article/history-of-donald-trump-on-snl|archive-date=March 19, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/11/9-million-viewers-donald-trump-saturday-night-live-ratings-final-1201620513|title=Donald Trump-Hosted 'SNL' Watched By 9.3M; Demo Best Since January|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=November 12, 2015|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714175419/https://deadline.com/2015/11/9-million-viewers-donald-trump-saturday-night-live-ratings-final-1201620513/|archive-date=July 14, 2019|url-status=dead }} He has hosted SNL twice, in 2004 and 2015.SNL. Donald Trump – Donald Trump Sketches. nbc.com. July 26, 2017. Web.
Trump appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1988 and 2011. When asked in 1988 if he considered running for president, he said he would "never want to rule it out totally."{{cite news|last1=Wootson Jr|first1=Cleve R.|title=Oprah Winfrey's weirdly revealing Donald Trump interview – from 1988|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/01/08/oprah-winfreys-weirdly-revealing-donald-trump-interview-from-1988/|access-date=16 February 2021|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=8 January 2018}}{{cite news|last1=Gonyea|first1=Don|last2=Montanaro|first2=Domenico|title=Donald Trump's Been Saying The Same Thing For 30 Years|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/01/20/510680463/donald-trumps-been-saying-the-same-thing-for-30-years|access-date=16 February 2021|work=NPR|date=20 January 2017|language=en}} In 1999, he said that he would like Oprah Winfrey as his running mate.{{cite magazine|last1=Hoffman|first1=Ashley|title=Donald Trump Wanted Oprah Winfrey to Be His Running Mate for Years|url=https://time.com/5092937/oprah-winfrey-golden-globes-donald-trump-running-mate/|access-date=16 February 2021|magazine=Time|date=8 January 2018}}
Trump has appeared on and been involved in WWE programming (professional wrestling) several times since the late 1980s. Throughout these appearances, he has always taken on the persona of a generous billionaire who cares about the WWE fans, serving as a foil to Vince McMahon, the "villainous billionaire owner" character. On the January 2, 2007, episode of Monday Night Raw, Trump appeared virtually to interrupt "Vince McMahon Appreciation Night", showering the audience with thousands of dollars, beginning his feud with McMahon.McMahon, Vince K. 2007. Monday Night Raw. Performed by World Wrestling Entertainment. American Airlines Center, Dallas. January 29. On the March 12, 2007, episode of Monday Night Raw, Trump signed a contract for his "Battle of the Billionaires" WrestleMania match against Vince McMahon.McMahon, Vince K. 2007. Monday Night Raw. Performed by World Wrestling Entertainment. Verizon Center, Washington, D.C. March 12. At WrestleMania 23, he won the right to shave Vince McMahon's hair, after betting that Bobby Lashley would beat Umaga in a match.McMahon, Vince K. 2007. WrestleMania 23. Performed by World Wrestling Entertainment. Ford Field, Detroit. April 1. In 2009, Trump returned to WWE programming, purchasing Monday Night Raw from McMahon, who had fallen into bankruptcy in storyline, on the June 15th episode of the show, announcing that his first move as company owner would be to make next week's episode of Raw commercial-free for the entire 3-hour runtime. On the June 22 episode of Raw, Trump sold the show back to McMahon for twice the price he bought it for, also giving the audience of the show free attendance, refunding their ticket price. Additionally on this show, Trump encountered Santino Marella, who had then adopted his cross-dressing alter ego of Santina Marella. Trump, disgusted and annoyed by Marella, fired him as a part of the storyline.McMahon, Vince K. 2009. Monday Night Raw. Performed by World Wrestling Entertainment. Resch Center, Green Bay. June 22.{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/superstars/donald-trump|title=Donald Trump|access-date=September 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115012015/http://www.wwe.com/superstars/donald-trump|archive-date=November 15, 2016|url-status=live}}{{better source needed|date=April 2021}}
A young Donald Trump is portrayed in "It's A Wonderful Leap", a 1992 episode of Quantum Leap.{{cite web|url=http://etcanada.com/news/146479/colbert-joins-scott-bakula-in-quantum-leap-rerun-to-steer-young-donald-trump-away-from-politics/|title=Colbert Joins Scott Bakula In 'Quantum Leap' Rerun To Steer Young Donald Trump Away From Politics|first=Brent|last=Furdyk|date=June 16, 2016|access-date=August 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617135449/http://etcanada.com/news/146479/colbert-joins-scott-bakula-in-quantum-leap-rerun-to-steer-young-donald-trump-away-from-politics/|archive-date=June 17, 2016|url-status=dead}}
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From 1996 to 2015, Trump owned part or all of the Miss Universe pageants.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/15/business/media/trump-sells-miss-universe-organization-to-wme-img-talent-agency.html|title=Trump Sells Miss Universe Organization to WME-IMG Talent Agency|date=September 15, 2015|work=The New York Times|first=John|last=Koblin|access-date=January 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204102131/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/15/business/media/trump-sells-miss-universe-organization-to-wme-img-talent-agency.html|archive-date=February 4, 2016|url-status=live }}{{cite news|title=Donald Trump just sold off the entire Miss Universe Organization|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-sells-miss-universe-img-2015-9|access-date=May 6, 2016|work=Business Insider|date=September 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506164358/http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-sells-miss-universe-img-2015-9|archive-date=May 6, 2016|url-status=live }} He was selected for a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007 for producing the shows.{{cite news|last1=Zara|first1=Christopher|title=Why the heck does Donald Trump have a Walk of Fame star, anyway? It's not the reason you think|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/4023036/why-the-heck-does-donald-trump-have-a-walk-of-fame-star-anyway-its-not-the-reason-you-think|access-date=27 February 2021|work=Fast Company|date=26 October 2016}}
A 2000 The Simpsons episode shows a future where Trump has been president. Writer Dan Greaney said in 2016: "What we needed was for Lisa to have problems beyond her fixing, that everything went as bad as it possibly could, and that's why we had Trump be president before her. That just seemed like the logical last stop before hitting bottom. It was consistent with the vision of America going insane".{{cite news|last= Parker|first= Ryan|title= 'Simpsons' Writer Who Predicted Trump Presidency in 2000: "It Was a Warning to America"|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/simpsons-writer-who-predicted-trump-876295|date= March 16, 2016|work= The Hollywood Reporter|location= Los Angeles, CA|access-date= November 10, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161110011233/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/simpsons-writer-who-predicted-trump-876295|archive-date= November 10, 2016|url-status= live}} After Donald Trump won the 2016 election, The Simpsons used the phrase "Being right sucks" in a chalkboard gag.{{cite news|last1=White|first1=Jamie K.|title='The Simpsons' respond to Trump victory prediction: 'Being right sucks'|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/15/politics/simpsons-trump-prediction-trnd/|access-date=December 14, 2016|work=CNN|date=November 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221034308/http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/15/politics/simpsons-trump-prediction-trnd/|archive-date=December 21, 2016|url-status=live}}
Trump hosted the reality show The Apprentice and its spin-off The Celebrity Apprentice between 2004 and 2015. Further TV-projects have at times been announced and cancelled, such as Trump Tower (Showtime in 1998 and Lifetime in 2008),{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/04/donald-trump-tv-pitches|title=Inside the Trump TV Empire That Never Was|first=Laura|last=Bradley|website=Vanity Fair|date=April 6, 2017|access-date=July 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409020018/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/04/donald-trump-tv-pitches|archive-date=April 9, 2017|url-status=live}} The Tower and Trump Takeover.
In February 2005, a parody of Trump ("Donald Grump") appeared on Sesame Street.{{cite news|last1=Arts|first1=CBC|title=Donald Trump becomes a Muppet, Donald Grump|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/donald-trump-becomes-a-muppet-donald-grump-1.557201|access-date=December 15, 2016|work=CBC|date=February 11, 2005|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312105559/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2005/02/11/grump050211.html|archive-date=March 12, 2007}}{{cite news|last1=Van Luling|first1=Todd|publisher=HuffPost|title='Sesame Street' Parodied Donald Trump As A Garbage Grouch Who Makes Fun Of The Poor|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sesame-street-parodied-donald-trump-as-a-garbage-grouch-who-makes-fun-of-the-poor_us_55e98c18e4b03784e27585f1|access-date=December 15, 2016|date=September 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220172114/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sesame-street-parodied-donald-trump-as-a-garbage-grouch-who-makes-fun-of-the-poor_us_55e98c18e4b03784e27585f1|archive-date=December 20, 2016|url-status=live}}
Trump makes a cameo appearance as the banker in the September 17, 2007 episode of Deal or No Deal.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/444303704/|title=Trump takes over as the banker|date=September 17, 2007|website=Newspapers|access-date=June 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129000000/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/444303704/|archive-date=November 29, 2021|url-status=live}} [https://archive.org/details/2021-11-29-11-37-01 Alt URL]
Trump appears in the 2010 documentary-drama America: The Story of Us.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/arts/television/18story.html|title=History From Unexpected Characters|date=April 18, 2010|website=The New York Times|first=Elizabeth|last=Jensen|access-date=November 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035806/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/arts/television/18story.html|archive-date=December 1, 2017|url-status=live}}
In April 2011, Trump attended the White House Correspondents' Dinner, featuring comedian Seth Meyers. President Barack Obama used the occasion to present several prepared jokes mocking Trump. Retrospectively, Trump claimed "I didn't feel humiliated, I had a great time. So the press is very dishonest, they don't report the truth and therefore it's just easier not to go."{{cite news|last1=Barbaro|first1=Michael|title=After Roasting, Trump Reacts In Character|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/02/nyregion/after-roasting-trump-reacts-in-character.html|access-date=June 11, 2016|work=The New York Times|date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160525151531/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/02/nyregion/after-roasting-trump-reacts-in-character.html|archive-date=May 25, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite news|author=Tom LoBianco|title=Trump 'fine' with Obama's WH Correspondents' Dinner smackdown|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/02/politics/donald-trump-obama-white-house-correspondents-dinner/|access-date=June 11, 2016|work=CNN|date=May 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606045357/http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/02/politics/donald-trump-obama-white-house-correspondents-dinner/|archive-date=June 6, 2016|url-status=live}}
Trump has been portrayed on Epic Rap Battles of History four times since 2013, being played by Peter Shukoff once and Lloyd Ahlquist thrice. On the show, he first battled against Ebenezer Scrooge; later, he battled against political opponents Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and Kamala Harris.{{cite web|last1=Brotman|first1=Summer|title=Epic Rap Battles of History Take on Trump and Biden|url=https://studybreaks.com/tvfilm/epic-rap-battle/|website=Study Breaks|access-date=1 March 2021|date=30 October 2020}}{{cite web|last1=Loughrey|first1=Clarisse|title=The inevitable Donald Trump vs Hillary Clinton rap battle has arrived|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-election-2016-epic-rap-battles-history-a7382976.html|website=The Independent|access-date=1 March 2021|language=en|date=27 October 2016}}
A parody of Trump is president of Canada in a 2015 episode of South Park, "Where My Country Gone?"{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/22/canadians-4-donald-trump-us-election-politics|title=Canadians 4 Trump: tiny but determined group finds hope in candidate|first=Ashifa|last=Kassam|date=October 22, 2016|access-date=December 9, 2016|newspaper=The Guardian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207233437/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/22/canadians-4-donald-trump-us-election-politics|archive-date=December 7, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/south-park-murders-brash-a--hole-donald-trump-20150924|title='South Park' Murders 'Brash A--hole' Donald Trump|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Jon|last=Blistein|date=September 24, 2015|access-date=December 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119015603/http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/south-park-murders-brash-a--hole-donald-trump-20150924|archive-date=November 19, 2016|url-status=live}} In later episodes Mr. Garrison changes into a more Trump-like persona when he becomes President of the United States.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/watch-south-park-parody-donald-trumps-election-win-w449660|title=Watch 'South Park' Parody Donald Trump's Election Win|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=November 10, 2016|access-date=December 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120201411/http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/watch-south-park-parody-donald-trumps-election-win-w449660|archive-date=November 20, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/south-park-gives-mr-garrison-full-trump-look-post-election-episode-947100|title='South Park' Gives Mr. Garrison Full Trump Look in Post-Election Episode|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=November 14, 2016|access-date=December 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221112824/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/south-park-gives-mr-garrison-full-trump-look-post-election-episode-947100|archive-date=December 21, 2016|url-status=live}}
Jimmy Fallon has done impressions of Trump on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon since 2015.{{cite web|last=Wilstein|first=Matt|title=Dear Jimmy Fallon, Your Donald Trump Parody Needs to Stop|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/01/31/dear-jimmy-fallon-your-donald-trump-parody-needs-to-stop|website=TheDailyBeast.com|date=January 31, 2017|access-date=August 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520202540/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/01/31/dear-jimmy-fallon-your-donald-trump-parody-needs-to-stop|archive-date=May 20, 2017|url-status=live}}
On February 28, 2016, Trump was the subject of a segment of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver that was named after him. The segment, hosted by comedian John Oliver, was critical of Trump.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/09/business/media/trump-segment-on-john-oliver-show-explodes-on-youtube.html|title=John Oliver Sells Out of 'Make Donald Drumpf Again' Caps|date=March 9, 2016|work=The New York Times|first=John|last=Koblin|access-date=June 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325161005/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/09/business/media/trump-segment-on-john-oliver-show-explodes-on-youtube.html|archive-date=March 25, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2016/02/29/john-oliver-takes-on-donald-trump-implores-america-to-make-donald-drumpf-again/|title=John Oliver Takes On Donald Trump, Implores America to 'Make Donald Drumpf Again'|first=Sarene|last=Leeds|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=February 29, 2016|access-date=June 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303140222/https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2016/02/29/john-oliver-takes-on-donald-trump-implores-america-to-make-donald-drumpf-again/|archive-date=March 3, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/4240734/john-oliver-donald-trump-last-week-tonight/|title=John Oliver Takes on Donald Trump on Last Week Tonight|first=Melissa|last=Locker|magazine=Time|access-date=June 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327064725/http://time.com/4240734/john-oliver-donald-trump-last-week-tonight/|archive-date=March 27, 2016|url-status=live}} Trump was also featured in later Last Week Tonight segments, including one regarding Trump's plans for a border wall on May 20,{{cite web| last=Lee| first=Chris| title=John Oliver Demolishes Donald Trump's Wall In 18 Minutes| website=Fortune| date=March 21, 2016| url=http://fortune.com/2016/03/21/john-oliver-trump-wall-mexico/| access-date=March 26, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327012037/http://fortune.com/2016/03/21/john-oliver-trump-wall-mexico/| archive-date=March 27, 2016| url-status=live }}{{cite web| title=John Oliver takes Donald Trump's border wall plan seriously, unfortunately for Trump| website=The Week| date=March 21, 2016| url=https://theweek.com/speedreads/613901/john-oliver-takes-donald-trumps-border-wall-plan-seriously-unfortunately-trump| access-date=March 26, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327042651/http://theweek.com/speedreads/613901/john-oliver-takes-donald-trumps-border-wall-plan-seriously-unfortunately-trump| archive-date=March 27, 2016| url-status=live }} and another regarding Trump University.{{cite news|last1=Guerrasio|first1=Jason|title=John Oliver investigates the suspect business tactics at Trump University|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/john-oliver-trump-university-investigation-2016-6|access-date=June 10, 2016|work=Business Insider|date=June 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609194038/http://www.businessinsider.com/john-oliver-trump-university-investigation-2016-6|archive-date=June 9, 2016|url-status=live}}
On The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Stephen Colbert frequently features a caricature of Trump, called "Cartoon Donald Trump". Colbert's reasoning for including a cartoon version of Trump is because he felt that Trump had resorted to "almost cartoonish tactics".{{cite news|last1=Nededog|first1=Jethro|title=Stephen Colbert brought out cartoon Donald Trump to spin his falling poll numbers|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/stephen-colbert-cartoon-donald-trump-2016-4|access-date=June 10, 2016|work=Business Insider|date=April 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527154735/http://www.businessinsider.com/stephen-colbert-cartoon-donald-trump-2016-4|archive-date=May 27, 2016|url-status=live}} Meanwhile, on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, host Jimmy Kimmel wrote two Dr. Seuss-like books: Winners Aren't Losers and its sequel Winners Still Aren't Losers. Both of these books were featured when Trump was the guest star. On the show, Kimmel would read it out loud to Trump, having Trump read the last word on both occasions.{{cite news|last1=Campbell|first1=Colin|title=Jimmy Kimmel and Donald Trump read over-the-top children's book, 'Winners Aren't Losers'|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/jimmy-kimmel-donald-trump-winners-losers-2015-12|access-date=June 10, 2016|work=Business Insider|date=December 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616172420/http://www.businessinsider.com/jimmy-kimmel-donald-trump-winners-losers-2015-12|archive-date=June 16, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Levine|first1=Jon|title=Jimmy Kimmel Calls Donald Trump Out For Being "Full of Shit"|url=https://mic.com/articles/144505/jimmy-kimmel-calls-donald-trump-out-for-being-full-of-shit#.X46NgG1rj|website=Mic|date=May 26, 2016|access-date=June 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526152738/https://mic.com/articles/144505/jimmy-kimmel-calls-donald-trump-out-for-being-full-of-shit#.X46NgG1rj|archive-date=May 26, 2016|url-status=live}}
Vic Berger, a frequent collaborator for the comedy duo Tim & Eric, created a series of Trump related videos for Super Deluxe. Each of these videos remix various Trump debate appearances with air horns and crowds chanting Trump's name.{{cite magazine|last1=Chen|first1=Adrian|title=A Political Satirist for the Internet Election|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/a-political-satirist-for-the-internet-election|access-date=June 10, 2016|magazine=The New Yorker|date=April 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612034753/http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/a-political-satirist-for-the-internet-election|archive-date=June 12, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Collins|first1=Sean|title=Vic Berger IV Is Vine's Strangest Political Satirist {{!}} VICE|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/vic-berger-iv-is-vines-strangest-political-satirist/|website=VICE|date=January 7, 2016|access-date=June 10, 2016|language=en-us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625081625/http://www.vice.com/read/vic-berger-iv-is-vines-strangest-political-satirist|archive-date=June 25, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Brodeur|first1=Michael Andor|title=Through the political looking glass of Super Deluxe|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2016/10/02/through-political-looking-glass-super-deluxe/1cU1wzrR5incdQPu0ajMYJ/story.html|access-date=December 29, 2016|work=The Boston Globe|date=October 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230160457/https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2016/10/02/through-political-looking-glass-super-deluxe/1cU1wzrR5incdQPu0ajMYJ/story.html|archive-date=December 30, 2016|url-status=live}}
The 2016 web series You Got Trumped: The First 100 Days takes a darkly comic look at what Trump's first one hundred days in office would look like. The series stars John Di Domenico as Trump and Ron Sparks as Chris Christie, his "whipping boy".{{cite web|url=http://tvmag.lefigaro.fr/programme-tv/you-got-trumped-les-100-premiers-jours-de-la-presidence-de-donald-trump-deja-parodies_16e09646-a65c-11e6-9e31-ac0d491c80bb/|title=You Got Trumped : les 100 premiers jours de la présidence de..|last=lefigaro.fr|date=November 9, 2016|access-date=December 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220051638/http://tvmag.lefigaro.fr/programme-tv/you-got-trumped-les-100-premiers-jours-de-la-presidence-de-donald-trump-deja-parodies_16e09646-a65c-11e6-9e31-ac0d491c80bb/|archive-date=December 20, 2016|url-status=live}}
The President Show, starring Anthony Atamanuik as Trump and Peter Grosz as Mike Pence, debuted on Comedy Central on April 27, 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/03/arts/television/trump-talk-show-comedy-central-anthony-atamanuik-the-president-show.html|title=A Trump Talk Show, Courtesy of Comedy Central|first=Dave|last=Itzkoff|date=April 3, 2017|access-date=July 3, 2017|work=The New York Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513052148/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/03/arts/television/trump-talk-show-comedy-central-anthony-atamanuik-the-president-show.html|archive-date=May 13, 2019|url-status=live}} Atamanuik started impersonating Trump in 2015.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/see-anthony-atamanuik-compare-trump-to-lap-dog-on-colbert-w478190|title=Watch Anthony Atamanuik Compare Trump to Annoying Lap Dog on 'Colbert'|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=April 21, 2017|access-date=April 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405214649/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/see-anthony-atamanuik-compare-trump-to-lap-dog-on-colbert-w478190|archive-date=April 5, 2018|url-status=live}}
Trump was portrayed negatively in the anime adaptation of Inuyashiki, played by Bill Fleming, where he dismisses the lives that will be lost from an incoming meteor strike.{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-12-21/inuyashiki-trump-cameo-sure-isnt-flattering/.125598|title=Inuyashiki's Trump Cameo Sure Isn't Flattering – Interest|website= Anime News Network|access-date=January 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120235850/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-12-21/inuyashiki-trump-cameo-sure-isnt-flattering/.125598|archive-date=January 20, 2018|url-status=live }} Trump also makes a brief appearance in the anime Devilman Crybaby.{{cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/what-we-loved-about-devilman-crybaby-1821909262|title=What We Loved About Devilman Crybaby|first=Heather|last=Alexandra|date=January 9, 2018|access-date=April 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223020828/https://kotaku.com/what-we-loved-about-devilman-crybaby-1821909262|archive-date=December 23, 2019|url-status=live}}
Trump is portrayed by Herson Andrade in the Mexican political parody show El Privilegio de Mandar.{{cite web|title=Mexicans are determined to have the last laugh on Donald Trump|url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-10-07/mexicans-are-determined-have-last-laugh-donald-trump|work=PRI|first=James|last=Fredrick|access-date=June 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821032031/https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-10-07/mexicans-are-determined-have-last-laugh-donald-trump|archive-date=August 21, 2018|url-status=live}}
Archived footage of Donald Trump's 2016 U.S. presidential campaign announcement was used in the Arrested Development episode "Self-Deportation" (season 5, episode 2).{{cite news|last=Maas|first=Jennifer|title='Arrested Development' Cast Says Trump Stole the Bluths' Idea for the Border Wall (Video)|url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/the-wrap/article/Arrested-Development-Cast-Says-Trump-Stole-12932250.php|newspaper=The San Francisco Chronicle|date=May 21, 2018|access-date=December 26, 2018}}{{Dead link|date=March 2022|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes }}
Family Guy portrayed Trump in a 2019 episode. Peter has been hired by Trump and the family moves to Washington.{{cite news|last=Barsanti|first=Sam|title=Brave Family Guy producers believe 2019 is the time to try and 'phase out' gay jokes|url=https://www.avclub.com/brave-family-guy-producers-believe-2019-is-the-time-to-1831776798|newspaper=The A.V. Club|date=January 15, 2019|access-date=January 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121064225/https://news.avclub.com/brave-family-guy-producers-believe-2019-is-the-time-to-1831776798|archive-date=January 21, 2019|url-status=live}}
Brendan Gleeson plays President Trump in the 2020 CBS miniseries, The Comey Rule.{{cite news|last=Rose|first=Lace|title='The Comey Rule' Star Jeff Daniels and Writer-Director Billy Ray Look Ahead to a Post-Trump America: "The Real-Life Show Isn't Over Yet"|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/the-comey-rule-star-jeff-daniels-and-writer-director-billy-ray-look-ahead-to-a-post-trump-america-the-real-life-show-isnt-over-yet|access-date=2 February 2021|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=7 January 2021|language=en|archive-date=January 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110133132/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/the-comey-rule-star-jeff-daniels-and-writer-director-billy-ray-look-ahead-to-a-post-trump-america-the-real-life-show-isnt-over-yet|url-status=live }}
Trump has been portrayed numerous of times on America's Got Talent but most notably by Jeff Trachta as "The Singing Trump"{{cite web|first=Xochitl|last=Pena|title=The Singing Trump from Palm Springs wowed on 'America's Got Talent' with his song and dance skills|url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/television/2017/07/19/americas-got-talent-singing-trump-palm-springs/490973001/|website=desertsun.com|date=July 19, 2017|access-date=October 28, 2020|archive-date=December 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206053832/https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/television/2017/07/19/americas-got-talent-singing-trump-palm-springs/490973001/|url-status=live}} in the show's the twelfth season who advanced past auditions receiving three "yes" votes from the judges was but was later eliminated during the quarterfinals.{{cite web|first=Xochitl|last=Pena|title=Trump impersonator from Palm Springs eliminated from 'America's Got Talent'|url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/television/2017/08/16/trump-impersonator-palm-springs-eliminated-americas-got-talent/575108001/|website=desertsun.com|date=August 16, 2017|access-date=October 28, 2020|archive-date=December 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206053916/https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/television/2017/08/16/trump-impersonator-palm-springs-eliminated-americas-got-talent/575108001/|url-status=live}}
The 2020 version of the British puppet show Spitting Image included Trump. Voice actor Matt Forde said "Doing his voice is the most fun I've ever had at work. He's part Trump, part Cartman from South Park." According to the show's producer, NBC decided not to schedule it due to "nervousness".{{cite news|last1=Midgley|first1=Carol|title=Spitting Image review – the puppets shine, shame about the script|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/spitting-image-review-the-puppets-shine-shame-about-the-script-mcbvptpvn|access-date=31 January 2021|work=The Sunday Times|date=2 November 2020|language=en|archive-date=November 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130192630/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/spitting-image-review-the-puppets-shine-shame-about-the-script-mcbvptpvn|url-status=live }}{{cite news|last1=Pelley|first1=Rich|title='The more complaints we got, the better' – how Spitting Image redefined satire|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/oct/01/spitting-image-satire-ian-hislop-roy-hattersley|access-date=31 January 2021|work=The Guardian|date=1 October 2020|language=en|archive-date=November 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114205251/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/oct/01/spitting-image-satire-ian-hislop-roy-hattersley|url-status=live }}{{cite news|last1=Moore|first1=Matthew|title=America runs scared of Spitting Image|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/america-runs-scared-of-spitting-image-zxjx2j6x2|access-date=4 February 2021|work=The Times|date=7 October 2020|language=en|archive-date=November 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114204535/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/america-runs-scared-of-spitting-image-zxjx2j6x2|url-status=live }}
The 2020 Animaniacs revival included Trump. In one episode, he is the cyclops in a version of the Odyssey.{{cite web|last1=Rivera|first1=Joshua|title=Hulu's Animaniacs reboot can't survive a BoJack Horseman world|url=https://www.theverge.com/21719188/animaniacs-reboot-review-hulu-bojack-horseman|website=The Verge|access-date=1 March 2021|language=en|date=25 November 2020}}{{cite web|last1=Joho|first1=Jess|title=The internet doesn't know what to make of the politics of 'Animaniacs'|url=https://mashable.com/article/animaniacs-reboot-hulu-politics-divide-trump/?europe=true|website=Mashable|access-date=1 March 2021|language=en|date=28 November 2020}}
Trump is parodied in three episodes of Robot Chicken.{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/comic-con/2017/07/21/robot-chicken-season-9-trailer/|title = 'Robot Chicken' Skewers 'Westworld' and Trump in Season 9 Trailer|magazine = Entertainment Weekly|first=Kevin P.|last=Sullivan|date=21 July 2017|access-date=5 August 2022}}
A character from Big City Greens named Chip Whistler has major similarities to Donald Trump as the character has orange skin and bouffant yellow hair, is an arrogant businessman that behaves like a whiney baby, runs a conglomerate, and is heck-bent on proving he's better than everyone else, though this wasn't attended for the character when he was created. This was even lamshaped by one of the show’s creators.[https://chrishoughton.tumblr.com/post/623748434410733568/a-question-is-chip-whistler-based-after-donald Chip Whistler based on Donald Trump]
=Memes=
On May 31, 2017, Trump tweeted, "Despite the constant negative press covfefe".{{cite news|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/us/politics/covfefe-trump-twitter.html|first=Matt|last=Flegenheimer|title=What's a 'Covfefe'? Trump Tweet Unites a Bewildered Nation|date=May 31, 2017|access-date=September 10, 2019}} He deleted the tweet six hours later but implied that its wording was intentional. "Covfefe", widely presumed to be a typographical error, instantly became an Internet meme.
{{anchor|Person, woman, man, camera, TV}}
"Person, woman, man, camera, TV" is a phrase that then-president Trump used several times during a July 22, 2020, Fox News interview with Marc Siegel, a professor of medicine at New York University.{{cite news |last1=Brito |first1=Christopher |title="Person, woman, man, camera, TV": Trump describes difficulty of recent cognitive test |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-cognitive-test-difficulty-claim/ |access-date=July 24, 2020 |work=CBS News |date=July 23, 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Bump |first1=Phillip |title=Person focuses every woman and man in America on his mental abilities via camera, TV |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/07/23/person-focuses-every-woman-man-america-his-mental-abilities-via-camera-tv/ |access-date=July 24, 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=July 23, 2020}} Trump used the phrase while boasting about his performance on and describing part of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a cognitive test used for detecting cognitive impairment, that he took at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in 2018.{{cite news |last1=Rogers |first1=Katie |title=Trump Defends His Cognitive Testing Results on Fox News. Again. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/22/us/politics/trump-cognitive-test-results.html |access-date=July 24, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=July 22, 2020}} The phrase became an Internet meme and went viral on social media platforms, including Twitter and YouTube.{{cite news |last1=Welsh |first1=Caitlin |title=Trump's latest boast about his 'very hard' cognitive test instantly became a bleakly funny meme |url=https://mashable.com/article/trump-interview-person-woman-man-camera-tv-memes/ |access-date=July 24, 2020 |work=Mashable |date=July 22, 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Mazza |first1=Ed |title=Trump's 'Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.' Gets Hilariously Weird Makeovers |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-person-woman-man-camera-tv_n_5f1a4316c5b6296fbf402c09 |access-date=July 24, 2020 |work=Huffington Post |date=July 23, 2020}}
Hair
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Trump's hairstyle has been mentioned frequently by the media. His hairstyle has been described as a comb over.{{cite news|last1=Mitgang|first1=Caroline|title=A hairdresser explains why Donald Trump's hair looks like that|url=https://qz.com/575952/a-hairdresser-explains-why-donald-trumps-hair-looks-like-that/|access-date=February 14, 2017|work=Quartz|date=December 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217170106/https://qz.com/575952/a-hairdresser-explains-why-donald-trumps-hair-looks-like-that/|archive-date=December 17, 2019|url-status=live}}
In 2004, the Chicago Tribune wrote that Trump is "known for his gaudy casinos and unusual mane of copper hair."{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0403300235mar30-story.html|title=Trump's trademark plan is under fire|website=Chicago Tribune|date=March 30, 2004|access-date=October 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022021903/http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0403300235mar30-story.html|archive-date=October 22, 2016|url-status=live}} David Letterman made a joke about Trump's hair in 2008, likening it to a Chihuahua.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/10/letterman-is-donald-trumps-hair-really-a-chihuahua-in-disguise|title=Letterman: Is Donald Trump's Hair Really a Chihuahua In Disguise?|first=Molly|last=Erman|date=October 2008|magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713153611/http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/10/letterman-is-donald-trumps-hair-really-a-chihuahua-in-disguise|archive-date=July 13, 2016|url-status=live}} During a 2011 interview with Rolling Stone, Trump said, "I get a lot of credit for comb-overs. But it's not really a comb-over. It's sort of a little bit forward and back. I've combed it the same way for years. Same thing, every time."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/donald-trump-lets-his-hair-down-20110511|title=Donald Trump Lets His Hair Down|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=May 11, 2011|access-date=October 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021125502/http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/donald-trump-lets-his-hair-down-20110511|archive-date=October 21, 2016|url-status=live}} A gallery of photographs depicting Trump's hairstyle across four decades was published in 2015.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/photos/2015/09/an-illustrated-history-of-donald-trumps-hair|title=An Illustrated History of Donald Trump's Hair. Warning! Don't Read Before Lunch!|first=Bruce|last=Handy|date=September 8, 2015|magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604094823/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/photos/2015/09/an-illustrated-history-of-donald-trumps-hair|archive-date=June 4, 2020|url-status=live}} In various late-night talk shows and interviews, Trump's hair has humorously been suggested to be a wig, so he has let the interviewers touch his hair{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/09/donald-trump-jimmy-fallon-the-tonight-show|title=Fallon Ruffles Trump's Hair to Cap Off the Candidate's Breezy TV Week|first=Laura|last=Bradley|date=September 16, 2016|magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728210424/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/09/donald-trump-jimmy-fallon-the-tonight-show|archive-date=July 28, 2017|url-status=live}} to verify its authenticity.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0402/27/lkl.00.html|title=Interview With "The Apprentice" Host Donald Trump|date=February 27, 2004|access-date=October 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818122953/http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0402/27/lkl.00.html|archive-date=August 18, 2016|url-status=live}}
In 2009, singer Kacey Jones released a song titled "Donald Trump's Hair",{{Cite news|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/singer-comedian-kacey-jones-dead-at-66-w437680|title=Singer-Comedian Kacey Jones Dead at 66|newspaper=Rolling Stone|access-date=December 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122114857/http://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/singer-comedian-kacey-jones-dead-at-66-w437680|archive-date=January 22, 2017|url-status=live}} which reached #1 on ReverbNation's comedy charts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.reverbnation.com/kaceyjones/bio|title=Kacey Jones Bio|publisher=eMinor Incorporated|website=ReverbNation|access-date=December 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227195831/https://www.reverbnation.com/kaceyjones/bio|archive-date=December 27, 2016|url-status=live}}
In early 2011, Vanity Fair wrote that Trump would run for president in 2012,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/03/shocking-truth-behind-donald-trumps-hair-revealed|title=Shocking Truth Behind Donald Trump's Hair Revealed?|first=Bruce|last=Handy|date=March 31, 2011|magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204021049/http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/03/shocking-truth-behind-donald-trumps-hair-revealed|archive-date=February 4, 2017|url-status=live}} and did a series of pieces satirically comparing the birther controversy over the authenticity of incumbent president Obama's short-form birth certificate to a hypothetical "balders" controversy over the authenticity of Trump's hair.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/04/donald-trump-real-hair-proclamation-201104|title=A Vanity Fair Challenge to Donald Trump to Prove the Authenticity of His Hair|first=Juli|last=Weiner|date=April 2011|magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413111756/http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/04/donald-trump-real-hair-proclamation-201104|archive-date=April 13, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/05/donald-trumps-hair-the-360-degree-tour|title=Donald Trump's Hair: The 360-Degree Tour|first=Juli|last=Weiner|date=May 3, 2011|magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318143121/http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/05/donald-trumps-hair-the-360-degree-tour|archive-date=March 18, 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/photos/2011/05/donald-trump-hair-photos-201105|title=Photos: Fake-Hair Reel: A 360-Degree Annotated Slide Show of Donald Trump's Head|first=Juli|last=Weiner|year=2011|magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720053829/http://www.vanityfair.com/news/photos/2011/05/donald-trump-hair-photos-201105|archive-date=July 20, 2017|url-status=live}} In a June 2015 speech for his 2016 presidential campaign, Trump said he would change his hair style if he were elected.{{cite web|url=http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2015/06/27/donald-trump-winterset-iowa-visit/29415555/|title=Trump says famous hair will get new look in White House|website=The Des Moines Register|date=June 28, 2015|access-date=October 21, 2016|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204230951/https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2015/06/27/donald-trump-winterset-iowa-visit/29415555/|url-status=live}} Vanity Fair published two claymation videos making fun of Trump's anthropomorphized hair in late 2015.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/11/donald-trump-presidency-hair-video|title=Donald Trump's Hair Is Having a Hard Time Right Now|date=November 16, 2015|magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414074235/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/11/donald-trump-presidency-hair-video|archive-date=April 14, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2015/11/donald-trumps-hair-speaks|title=Exclusive: Donald Trump's Hair Speaks (and YELLS!)|first=Andrew|last=Smith|date=November 16, 2015|magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614084403/http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2015/11/donald-trumps-hair-speaks|archive-date=June 14, 2017|url-status=live}}
In 2017, Ronny Jackson, the physician to the president, stated that Trump took daily doses of Propecia, a branded treatment for the prevention of male-pattern hair loss (MPHL).{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/17/donald-trump-medical-exam-full-transcript|title=Donald Trump's medical exam – full transcript|date=January 17, 2018|website=the Guardian|access-date=April 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315153859/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/17/donald-trump-medical-exam-full-transcript|archive-date=March 15, 2018|url-status=live}}
In Michael Wolff's 2018 book Fire and Fury, Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump allegedly described the mechanics of her father's hair as "an absolutely clean pate – a contained island after scalp-reduction surgery – surrounded by a furry circle of hair around the sides and front, from which all ends are drawn up to meet in the center and then swept back and secured by a stiffening spray", and the color as "[coming] from a product called Just For Men – the longer it was left on, the darker it got. Impatience resulted in Trump's orange-blond hair color."{{Cite book|title=Fire and Fury|last=Wolff|first=Michael|publisher=Henry Holt and Co|year=2018|isbn=978-1250158062|location=United States}}{{Better source needed|date=March 2019}}
In September 2016, Jimmy Fallon invited Donald Trump to be a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Trump was asked by Fallon if he could mess up his hair. Trump agreed to the offer and allowed Fallon to mess his hair up. Following the hair incident, Fallon was accused by critics that he was humanizing Trump after Trump had pressed more on the Zero-tolerance policy under the Trump administration. Trump later tweeted ".@jimmyfallon is now whimpering to all that he did the famous 'hair show' with me (where he seriously messed up my hair), & that he would have now done it differently because it is said to have 'humanized' me-he is taking heat. He called & said 'monster ratings.' Be a man Jimmy!". Following that tweet, Fallon quickly tweeted back saying that he will donate to the RAICES charity in an effort to help families being separated at the border.{{cite news|last=Flynn|first=Meagan|title='He seriously messed up my hair': Trump, Jimmy Fallon in hair-tousling sequel|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/06/25/he-seriously-messed-up-my-hair-trump-jimmy-fallon-in-hair-tussling-sequel/|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=June 25, 2018|access-date=January 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121064242/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/06/25/he-seriously-messed-up-my-hair-trump-jimmy-fallon-in-hair-tussling-sequel/|archive-date=January 21, 2019|url-status=live}}
In 2017, the species of moth Neopalpa donaldtrumpi was named after Donald Trump because of his hair.
In February 2018, a video shot of Trump boarding Air Force One against a gust of wind clearly showed the comb-over. The video went viral and was critiqued on the internet.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/donald-trump-s-marilyn-monroe-moment-hair-raising-video-goes-viral-1.3384720|title=Donald Trump's Marilyn Monroe moment? Hair-raising video goes viral|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=February 8, 2018|access-date=February 8, 2018|archive-date=December 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206082439/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/donald-trump-s-marilyn-monroe-moment-hair-raising-video-goes-viral-1.3384720|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/07/donald-trump-hair-wind|title=Hair-raising moment: blustery wind lifts lid on mystery of Donald Trump's mane|newspaper=The Guardian|date=February 7, 2018|access-date=February 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208005345/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/07/donald-trump-hair-wind|archive-date=February 8, 2018|url-status=live}}
Skin color
Comedians and critics of Donald Trump, as well as the media, have often remarked on the color of his skin, considering it unusually orange. Comedian Alec Baldwin, who played a satirized version of Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live, described Trump's look as somewhere in between "Mark Rothko orange" and a "slightly paler Orange Crush",{{Cite magazine|last=Fitzpatrick|first=Kevin|title=Trump Reportedly Does All His Own Makeup|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/02/trump-does-his-own-makeup|access-date=July 15, 2020|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=February 9, 2019|language=en-us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412055257/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/02/trump-does-his-own-makeup|archive-date=April 12, 2020|url-status=live}} while in 2013, the American comedian Bill Maher offered to pay $5{{spaces}}million to a charity if Donald Trump would produce his birth certificate to prove that Trump's mother had not mated with an orangutan – apparently a reference to Trump's orange hue as well as a response to Trump's previous demands that President Barack Obama produce his birth certificate and other records to disprove conspiracy theories that Obama was born in Kenya. Trump would go on to file a lawsuit against Maher, claiming the comedian owed the promised $5 million, but he dropped the suit two months later.{{Cite web|last=Allen|first=Frederick E.|title=Donald Trump Sues Bill Maher for Calling Him the Son of an Orangutan|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/frederickallen/2013/02/06/donald-trump-sues-bill-maher-for-calling-him-the-son-of-an-orangutan/|access-date=July 15, 2020|website=Forbes|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125064410/https://www.forbes.com/sites/frederickallen/2013/02/06/donald-trump-sues-bill-maher-for-calling-him-the-son-of-an-orangutan/|archive-date=January 25, 2020|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Ax|first=Joseph|title=Trump withdraws "orangutan" lawsuit against comic Bill Maher|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyle/trump-withdraws-orangutan-lawsuit-against-comic-bill-maher-idUSBRE9310PL/|date=April 2, 2013|access-date=March 29, 2025}}
Trump has rarely referenced his orange hue without being prompted to. However, in 2019, in an address to Republican legislators, he said:
The lightbulb. People said: what's with the lightbulb? I said: here's the story. And I looked at it. The bulb that we're being forced to use! Number one, to me, most importantly, the light's no good. I always look orange. And so do you! The light is the worst.
In February 2020, an unverified Twitter account called "White House Photos" posted a photograph of the president, in which Trump's face bore a notable tan line; the image depicted the stark contrast between Trump's seemingly orange facial features and the paler skin around the side of his face. The photograph received widespread attention in the media and on the internet, even inspiring a sketch on Saturday Night Live.{{Cite web|last=Wagtendonk|first=Anya van|date=February 8, 2020|title=The viral tan line photo of Trump's face, briefly explained|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/2/8/21129275/trump-tan-line-face-photo|access-date=July 15, 2020|website=Vox|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615101931/https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/2/8/21129275/trump-tan-line-face-photo|archive-date=June 15, 2020|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Oh|first=Inae|title=SNL mocks Trump's very bad, orange tan line|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/02/snl-mocks-trumps-very-bad-orange-tan-line/|access-date=July 15, 2020|website=Mother Jones|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305142720/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/02/snl-mocks-trumps-very-bad-orange-tan-line/|archive-date=March 5, 2020|url-status=live}} Trump himself said the image had been photoshopped.{{Cite web|last=Dzhanova|first=Yelena|date=February 8, 2020|title=Trump blasts photo showing his 'tan' line as photoshopped – and then asks if his hair looks good|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/08/trump-blasts-photo-showing-tan-line-as-photoshopped.html|access-date=July 15, 2020|website=CNBC|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226150122/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/08/trump-blasts-photo-showing-tan-line-as-photoshopped.html|archive-date=February 26, 2020|url-status=live}}
See also
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