Donald Trump

Donald Trump was the President of the United States in the late 2010s. (TV: ) Prior to his presidency, he was a prominent business owner. (PROSE: )
== Biography ==
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: )
Trump Tower existed in New York City by 2010. (PROSE: )
In August 2016, U.S. President Barack Obama condemned Donald Trump as an unsuitable candidate for president. (PROSE: ) In 2016, the British youth considered him to be unstoppable. (PROSE: )
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: )
=== Presidency ===
By 2017, Trump had become the president. Bill Potts mentioned that she would have never voted for him as he was "orange". (TV: ) Shortly after, Trump was one of the many individuals on the Monks' propaganda machine. (TV: )
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: )
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: )
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: )
== References ==
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: )
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: )
== Behind the scenes ==
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 was president from 20 January 2017 to 20 January 2021. However, an unnamed president in a simulation created by the Monks in the 2017 episode 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.Doctor Who exclusive: Steven Moffat reveals the secrets of Extremis
In , 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.Tardis Eruditorium
The 2017 episode 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.BBC Two - Donald Trump: All American Billionaire Trump is later stated to have become president in the DWU by 2018, when the episode is set.
President Karde in 2018 comic story physically resembles Donald Trump. The name Karde may be a reference to concept of a "trump card".
In the 2019 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, , as well as in theory having the ability to "destroy the world" by nuclear war through his position as president.
He was portrayed by Jon Culshaw in the UK release of The Queen's Corgi.
== Footnotes ==
Category:21st century individuals
Category:Human businesspersons
Category:US presidents from the real world