Donald Trump
Donald Trump was the President of the United States in the late 2010s. (TV: The Pyramid at the End of the World [+]Loading...["The Pyramid at the End of the World (TV story)"]) Prior to his presidency, he was a prominent business owner. (PROSE: Beautiful Chaos [+]Loading...["Beautiful Chaos (novel)"])
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Dara Morgan, a millionaire businessman from Derry in 2009, frequently wined and dined with "the Trumps, Gateses, de Rothschilds, Gettys and half a dozen more movers and shakers". (PROSE: Beautiful Chaos [+]Loading...["Beautiful Chaos (novel)"])
Trump Tower existed in New York City by 2010. (PROSE: The Forgotten Army [+]Loading...["The Forgotten Army (novel)"])
In August 2016, U.S. President Barack Obama condemned Donald Trump as an unsuitable candidate for president. (PROSE: Buccaneer [+]Loading...["Buccaneer (novel)"]) In 2016, the British youth considered him to be unstoppable. (PROSE: What She Does Next Will Astound You [+]Loading...["What She Does Next Will Astound You (novel)"])
In December 2016, after discovering that the Jezrafeq were controlling the minds of most of humanity, 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 [+]Loading...["Cliff Richard Saves the World (short story)"])
Presidency[[edit] | [edit source]]
By 2017, Trump had become the president. Bill Potts mentioned that she would have never voted for him as he was "orange". (TV: The Pyramid at the End of the World [+]Loading...["The Pyramid at the End of the World (TV story)"]) Shortly after, Trump was one of the many individuals on the Monks' propaganda machine. (TV: The Lie of the Land [+]Loading...["The Lie of the Land (TV story)"])
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 & the Bledoe Cadets [+]Loading...["Lucy Wilson & the Bledoe Cadets (novel)"])
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: Edge of Glory [+]Loading...["Edge of Glory (short story)"])
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 [+]Loading...["Arachnids in the UK (TV story)"])
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The Twelfth Doctor mentioned Donald Trump as something that was inevitable wherever there are people, along with sewage, smart phones, and the creation of the Cybermen. (TV: The Doctor Falls [+]Loading...["The Doctor Falls (TV story)"]) The Doctor implied that Trump was the President of the United States and that people like him tended to find their way to power on any human world. (GAME: World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls [+]Loading...{"page":"148","1":"World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls (game)"})
In a minor lie, Kaitlin Russell told Rhys Williams that she was travelling the world before human trash or "some asshole with bad hair" destroys it. (AUDIO: Sargasso [+]Loading...["Sargasso (audio story)"])
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The Daleks were once interviewed in the aftermath of the 2024 US presidential election. Surprisingly, they revealed that they supported the Democrats, or rather, opposed Trump, as he disregarded the "conservative values [they held] so dear". They were further worried that he would get rid of wheelchair access ramps. (AUDIO: America Went There [+]Loading...["America Went There (audio story)"])
Trump's seventh term as US president ended in nuclear war. Trump was placed in a cryogenic capsule.
The Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday met Trump on Earth in the year 348309. Earth's sun had become a red giant, and "all trace of humanity" had been wiped out, leading Ruby to wonder why Trump was still around.
He explained that the cockroachs had decided to wake him up from cryogenic suspension, in order to make him their ruler. It was "just [him] left" now.
He named one cockroach Vladimir and another Elon, claiming that they reminded him of the "old days". Trump also described "Don Jr." and "Eric" as having been like "the Daleks [he] never had". He called Ruby a "bigly nasty woman" for asking him to leave the Earth in peace, but also noted that she was a "pretty lady" while turning her over to the cockroaches, to be converted into the 3,000,012th "fake Melania", while the Doctor would be fed to the "horrible misshapen mutant" Rudy Giuliani. (AUDIO: Revolting Farmers [+]Loading...["Revolting Farmers (audio story)"])
Trump in the DWU[[edit] | [edit source]]
In DWM 503, Steven Moffat, the showrunner of Doctor Who from series 5 to 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".
In the real world, Trump did in fact win the election, and his first term as president spanned from 20 January 2017 to 20 January 2021. However, an unnamed president in a simulation created by the Monks in the 2017 episode Extremis [+]Loading...["Extremis (TV story)"] was a dark haired individual who did not have much physical resemblance to Trump. According to Moffat, the writer of the episode, Extremis was written before but filmed after the 2016 election.[1]
In The Pyramid at the End of the World [+]Loading...["The Pyramid at the End of the World (TV story)"], Bill Potts says she would have never have voted for the current president, as he's "orange". While Trump was left unnamed, it was clearly referencing Trump and his spray-tans. In early drafts of that story, the President was going to appear and be a direct pastiche of Trump.[2]
The 2017 episode The Lie of the Land [+]Loading...["The Lie of the Land (TV story)"] 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. The photograph of Trump used in the episode is taken from a promotional photo for BBC Two's Donald Trump: All American Billionaire, a 2010 interview conducted by Emily Maitlis.[3] Trump is later stated to have become president in the DWU by 2018, when the episode Arachnids in the UK [+]Loading...["Arachnids in the UK (TV story)"] is set.
President Karde in 2018 comic story Hill of Beans [+]Loading...["Hill of Beans (comic story)"] physically resembles Donald Trump. The name Karde may be a reference to concept of a "trump card".
In the 2019 audio story Sargasso [+]Loading...["Sargasso (audio story)"], the American character Kaitlin Russell refers to the possibility of "some asshole with bad hair" blowing the world to hell, along with other approaching catastrophes. This is taken to refer to Trump, who's noted for his distinct hairstyle, as well as in theory having the ability to "destroy the world" by nuclear war through his position as president.
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Donald Trump is played by Lewis MacLeod in Dead Ringers, including in its crossovers with the Doctor Who universe.[4]
In Revolting Farmers [+]Loading...["Revolting Farmers (audio story)"], Trump states that Ruby Sunday will be his 3,000,012th "fake Melania", referring to a running joke from earlier sketches.
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Dan Castellaneta voiced him in a series of online The Simpsons shorts.
He was voiced by Jon Culshaw in the UK release of The Queen's Corgi.
He was portrayed by Corey Johnson in The Windsors.
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- ↑ Doctor Who exclusive: Steven Moffat reveals the secrets of Extremis
- ↑ Tardis Eruditorium
- ↑ BBC Two - Donald Trump: All American Billionaire
- ↑ Healy, Rachael (10 November 2024). 'People feel terrible. They want to laugh': can comedy make light of Trump 2.0?. The Guardian. Retrieved on 3 December 2024.
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