So that ridic VICE trailer has me thinking about the casting for my TRUMP movie ...
2/ If you’re casting for a fey, damaged, over-the-top megalomaniac like Trump, there’s really only one choice: JOHN LITHGOW
3/ Trump is basically a cross between Lord John Whorfin, Cain from RAISING CAIN, and a dash of ... Liberace

4/ Of course, Lithgow will *also* play Donald’s parents, Fred and Mary …
5/ … as well as Donald’s disfigured twin Ronald, who lives in the attic of Trump Tower
6/ Melania will be played by Michael Caine
7/ Melania’s parents will be played by … Michael Caine and John Lithgow
8/ Eric Trump? Jake Busey.
9/ Junior Mint will be played by Chandler Bing. (Not Matthew Perry, but actually Chandler Bing.)
10/ Ivanka & Jared will be played by Lisa Kudrow & Finn Wolfhard
Manafort = Chris McDonald
Bannon = Bruce McGill
Stephen Miller will be played by Young Jonathan Banks
Ozzy Osbourne as Sarah Sanders
Grandpa Sawyer from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre as Wilbur Ross
Jerry Seinfeld as Steven Mnuchin
https://twitter.com/chris_labarthe/status/1047681580238397445?s=21
Jesse Watters will be played by Ross Geller. (Not David Schwimmer, but actually Ross Geller.)
A Thunderbirds puppet as Mike Pence
I'll < ahem > recruit Elizabeth Jennings to play Hope Hicks
HR “Bob” Haldeman as Corey Lewandowski
Megan Mullally as Maggie Haberman
Glenn Close as Cruella de Jil
Bumble as Bernie Sanders
Steven Soderbergh as Carter Page
Mike Shrapnel as Mike Kelly
Henry Winkler as Michael Cohen
Donal Logue as Don McGahn
A vintage Virginia Slims ad as Kellyanne Conway
Jay O. Sanders as Ryan Zinke
Henry Gibson as Jeff Sessions
President Reynolds from VELVET GOLDMINE as Jeff Flake
Ed Helms as Greg Gianforte
Jack Kehoe as Allan Weisselberg
Paul McCrane as Matt Whitaker
Former Councilman Ron Miller as Kris Kobach
Mr Creosote as Sam Clovis
Adam Lanza as Young Roger Stone
Will Arnett and Amy Poehler as George Papadapolous and Simona Mangiante
Emmett Kelly as Tom Cotton
Derek Cecil as Seth Moulton
Giovanni Arnolfini and his wife as Vladimir Putin and Mark Zuckerberg
Alfred Hitchcock as Roger Ailes
Lindsey Buckingham as Chuck Schumer
Clint Howard as Mick Mulvaney
https://twitter.com/chris_labarthe/status/1073991418211819520
Jim Ortlieb as Paul Erickson
A Galaxy Quest alien as Ben Shapiro
Lee Arenberg as David Clarke
Frank Langella as Ben Wittes
https://twitter.com/dianelyssa/status/963124114264416256
Holly Taylor as young Nancy Pelosi
Aaron Paul as Cliff Sims
https://twitter.com/tvaziri/status/1077070141383356417?s=21
Lord Summerisle as Howard Schultz
The guy who played Dr Fried on THE SOPRANOS as Alex Azar
Ok, recasting Junior Mint.

Hart Bochner
John Goodman as William “Death” Barr
Bruce Greenwood as Tad Devine
Officer Alex Murphy (dec) as Joe Biden
Jon Cryer as Michael Avenatti
Fiona Dourif as Maria Butina
Dwight Chapin as Pete Buttigieg
Sean Gismonte as Paul Manafort's ex-son-in-law
Kelly AuCoin as Beto O'Rourke

#pastortim
#bigyouthpastorenegergy
Powers Boothe as Rex Tillerson
https://twitter.com/leilaclaire/status/952034127875723264
Recasting: Hans Conried as Tom Cotton
William Finley in BLACK DAHLIA as Mitch McConnell
Victor Buono as Ross Douthat
... and Victor Buono as Ted Cruz!
Will Sasso as Mike Pompeo
Midge Wood as Elizabeth Warren
Scott Bakula as Jeff Epstein
Hank Azaria as Matt Bevin
Ken Howard as Tom Steyer
Jonathan Banks as James Clapper
Derek Zoolander as David Sirota
Gaius Baltar as that "prison planet" doofus
Jay Karnes as Bret Stephens
Ian Ziering as Max Blumenthal
Bruce Altman as Sid Blumenthal
Joe Isuzu as Ron DeSantis
Middle-aged Oliver Reed as young Bill Barr
Robert Culp as Peter Navarro
Kenickie from GREASE as The Ghost of Andrew Jackson
Champ Kind as Louie Gohmert

... WHAMMY!

(How is it that there are no legit pictures of Gohmert in a cowboy hat on teh internetz?)
Taylor Negron as Pete Buttigieg https://twitter.com/christogrozev/status/1196200805470285824?s=20
John Hodgeman as Alexander Vindman
Oswald Cobblepot as Steven Menashi
Beaky Buzzard as Gordon Sondland
Ben Stone as Adam Schiff

(Yes, that's also a meta-joke)
John McEnroe as Steve Castor
Matthew Rhys as Dmitri Firtash
Heatmiser as Anand Giridharadas https://twitter.com/CitizenSullivan/status/1203781917759483913?s=20
Sam McMurray as Jerry Falwell, Jr.

("As in, 'to swing'!")
Joe Pesci as David Ferrie as Lev Parnas
... and Joe Pesci as David Ferrie as Middle-Aged Donald Trump!
Buck Henry as Mike DeWine
Mark Boone Junior as Rand Paul
Ciaran Hinds as Dr Ronny Jackson
Tim Conway as Larry Hogan
Lena Dunham as Bari Weiss
Jack McBrayer as Tate Reeves
Ruprecht from DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS as Gym Jordan

(Credit to @Signs_of_Life for this one.)

(And, yes, Ruprecht can also play Dan Crenshaw.)
Anthony Mario from HUDSON HAWK as Chad Wolf

Also yes I'm absolutely here to stan for HUDSON HAWK.

Also also: "I didn't know the circus was in town"

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/56663409-fac9-4618-bb5f-f665be843200
Beth Grant as Judy Shelton

"Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion"
William S. Burroughs as Larry Kudlow
Henry Rollins as The Ghost of John C. Calhoun
Peter Gallagher as Chris Dodd
Sam Jaffe as Michael Pack
HP Lovecraft as Glenn Greenwald
Andy Richter as former USPS IG David Williams
Kristin Bauer van Straten as Kimberly Guilfoyle

(Waaaaaaaaait for it ...)
Saul Rubinek as John Ratcliffe
Brent Sexton as Brad Parscale
Joe Exotic as David Legates
Mike White as Matt Lieberman
The Golden State Killer as Young Donald Trump
Amy Madigan as Amy Coney Barrett

(All y'all who are saying Laura Linney are 100% wrong)
Robert Knoller and Marjorie Noel as Joe DiGenova and Victoria Toensing
Malory Archer as Joni Ernst
Cheryl Tunt as Kayleigh McEnany
Dr Leo Spaceman as Sean Conley
Mark Proksch as Mike Lee
Abby Flynn as Briahna Joy Gray
Cosmo Kramer after a low-flow shower as Wolf Blitzer
Toht from RAIDERS as Hans von Spakovsky
“Kenneth” from HAYWIRE as Erik Prince

(You can’t convince me Soderbergh wasn’t thinking this with that haircut)
Dave Foley as Nate Silver
Troy McClure as Michael Beschloss (assist to @ChadSmithAgain)
Mr Horse as David Perdue
Vincent Cassell as Jon Ossoff
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