# If we ever get out of this mess, what Trump deeds will make for the best movie plots?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Tags:** movies, trump\
**Created:** [September 20, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-ever-get-out-of-this-mess-what-trump-deeds-will-make-for-the-best-movie-plots/1023244 "2025-09-20T23:51:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-ever-get-out-of-this-mess-what-trump-deeds-will-make-for-the-best-movie-plots/1023244/21 "2025-09-23T17:22:53Z")

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A comedy based on his death and funeral.

> **[The Death of Stalin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Stalin?wprov=sfla1)**
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> The Death of Stalin is a 2017 political satire black comedy film written and directed by Armando Iannucci and co-written by David Schneider and Ian Martin with Peter Fellows. Based on the French graphic novel La Mort de Staline (2010–2012), the film depicts the internal social and political power struggle among the members of the Soviet Politburo following the death of leader Joseph Stalin in 1953. 
> The French-British-Belgian co-production stars an ensemble cast that includes Steve Buscemi, ...

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-ever-get-out-of-this-mess-what-trump-deeds-will-make-for-the-best-movie-plots/1023244/23 "2025-10-09T07:54:53Z")

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I could see there being some sort of cringe comedy in the style of _Dumb and Dumber_, based on the relationship between Trump and Musk. Working title: _Hats_.

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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-ever-get-out-of-this-mess-what-trump-deeds-will-make-for-the-best-movie-plots/1023244/24 "2025-10-09T08:36:31Z")

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Ha! Ha! Good one. You’ve got a perfect handle on how lunatic MAGAbots think and how they talk.

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**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-ever-get-out-of-this-mess-what-trump-deeds-will-make-for-the-best-movie-plots/1023244/25 "2025-10-10T13:20:01Z")

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I can’t remember what specific incident in Trump 1.0 made me think it, but when we can all laugh about this again I am convinced there’s at least one Coen Brothers movie in all of this. I’m especially thinking about something along the lines of, “Burn After Reading,” where pretty much everyone is incompetent/way over their head. Maybe something around the document scandal at Mar a Lago? DOGE? Kegseth? Feels like a target-rich environment.

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