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| {{Infobox Individual | | {{Merge|Seriously, this should be on [[Donald Trump]]'s page. This level of pedantry helps or serves ''nobody''.}} |
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| | In [[2017]], a '''president''' had recently been elected. [[Bill Potts]] said she would have never have voted for him as he was "[[Orange (colour)|orange]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pyramid at the End of the World (TV story)|The Pyramid at the End of the World]]'') |
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| |job3 = President of the United States{{!}}President
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| |first mention = Beautiful Chaos (novel)
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| '''Donald Trump''' was the [[President of the United States]] around [[2018]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Arachnids in the UK (TV story)|Arachnids in the UK]]'')
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| [[Dara Morgan]], a millionaire businessman from [[Derry]] in [[2009]], frequently wined and dined with "the [[Trump family|Trumps]], [[Gates family|Gateses]], de [[Rothschild family|Rothschilds]], [[Getty family|Gettys]] and half a dozen more movers and shakers". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'')
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| In [[August]] [[2016]], [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Barack Obama]] condemned Donald Trump as an unsuitable candidate for president. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Buccaneer (novel)|Buccaneer]]'') In 2016, the British youth considered him to be unstoppable. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[What She Does Next Will Astound You (novel)|What She Does Next Will Astound You]]'')
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| In [[December]] 2016, after discovering that the [[Jezrafeq]] were [[Mind control|controlling the minds]] of most of [[human]]ity, [[Andy Hansen]] jokingly asked [[Erimem]], "You don't think this could explain [[Brexit]] and Donald Trump, do you?". Later, while tracing the source of the mind control signal, Andy suggested that the signal may have been coming from [[Trump Tower]] "because [Donald Trump] and [[Nigel Farage]] want[ed] to piss [Andy] off even more before the year end[ed]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cliff Richard Saves the World (short story)|Cliff Richard Saves the World]]'') | |
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| By [[2018]], Trump had become president. ([[TV]]: ''[[Arachnids in the UK (TV story)|Arachnids in the UK]]'') On [[5 May]] 2018, [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]], while possessing the body of [[Hobo Kostinen]], read a news article titled "Trump Knew of Payments Months Before He Denied Them". Alistair was shocked to learn Trump had become president in the years since his death, branding Trump an "oaf". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucy Wilson and the Bledoe Cadets (novel)|Lucy Wilson and the Bledoe Cadets]]'')
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| In [[2020]], Trump was kidnapped by [[Sorb]] and [[Sarg]] and stored on their ship. [[Lucy Wilson]] and Hobo later freed him along with the rest of the human race. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Edge of Glory (short story)|The Edge of Glory]]'')
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| [[Jack Robertson]] planned to run against Trump in the [[2020]] election. It was rumoured that Robertson's only motivation was his own dislike of Trump. ([[TV]]: ''[[Arachnids in the UK (TV story)|Arachnids in the UK]]'')
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| == References ==
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| The [[Twelfth Doctor]] mentioned Donald Trump as something that was inevitable wherever there are people, along with [[sewage]], [[smart phone]]s, and the [[Genesis of the Cybermen|creation]] of the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') | |
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| == Behind the scenes == | | == Behind the scenes == |
| [[File:DonaldTrump.JPG|thumb|Donald Trump appears in ''[[The Lie of the Land (TV story)|The Lie of the Land]]''. ]] | | This president's real world counterpart is [[Donald Trump]], although the connection was not made in this episode. |
| In [[DWM 503]], [[Steven Moffat]], the showrunner of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' from [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|series 5]] to [[Series 10 (Doctor Who)|10]], answered the question, "What does the Doctor make of Donald Trump's decision to run for [[President of the United States]]?" Moffat replied that "although the Doctor normally takes no part in politics, he is disgusted and turbulent with rage" and went on to say that the Doctor has seen a [[parallel universe]] in which Trump won the election and the world was plunged into "certain doom".
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| In the real world, Trump did in fact win the election, and was president from 20 January 2017 to 20 January 2021. However, an [[President (Shadow World)|unnamed president]] in [[Shadow World|a simulation]] created by the [[Monk (species)|Monks]] in the 2017 episode ''[[Extremis (TV story)|Extremis]]'' was a dark haired individual who did not have much physical resemblance to Trump. According to Moffat, the writer of ''Extremis'', ''Extremis'' was written before but filmed after the 2016 election.<ref>http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-05-20/doctor-who-exclusive-steven-moffat-reveals-the-secrets-of-extremis</ref> | | In the [[Extremis (TV story)|previous episode]], set in a reality created by the [[Monk (species)|Monks]] to resemble the real world almost perfectly, an [[President (Shadow World)|unnamed president]] was a dark haired individual who did not have much physical resemblance to Trump. Trump's status as president around this time was confirmed in ''[[Arachnids in the UK (TV story)|Arachnids in the UK]]''. |
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| In ''[[The Pyramid at the End of the World (TV story)|The Pyramid at the End of the World]]'', [[Bill Potts]] says she would have never have voted for the [[President (The Pyramid at the End of the World)|current president]], as he's "orange". This is likely a reference to Trump's spray-tans.
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| [[File:President Carde.jpeg|thumb|left|President Carde ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hill of Beans (comic story)|Hill of Beans]]'')]]
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| The 2017 episode ''[[The Lie of the Land (TV story)|The Lie of the Land]]'' features an image of Trump clearly visible on one of the screens inside the room that houses their propaganda machine along with several other prominent contemporary and historical figures. Trump is later stated to have become president in the [[DWU]] by [[2018]], when the episode ''[[Arachnids in the UK (TV story)|Arachnids in the UK]]'' is set.
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| President [[Carde (Hill of Beans)|Carde]] in 2018 comic story ''[[Hill of Beans (comic story)|Hill of Beans]]'' physically resembles Donald Trump. The name Carde may be a reference to concept of a "trump card".
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| In the 2019 audio story ''[[Sargasso (audio story)|Sargasso]]'', the American character [[Kaitlin Russell]] refers to the very real possibility of "some asshole with bad hair" blowing the world to hell, along with other approaching catastrophes.
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| == Footnotes ==
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| {{reflist}}
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| {{US Presidency}} | | {{US Presidency}} |
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| [[Category:21st century individuals]] | | [[Category:21st century individuals]] |
| [[Category:Human businesspersons]] | | [[Category:Presidents]] |
| [[Category:US presidents from the real world]] | | [[Category:Humans with unknown names]] |
