r/AskReddit 29d ago

If we could set up a Truman Show scenario where Trump thinks he’s President again and the public send in scenarios for him to deal with, what would you suggest?

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u/takabrash 28d ago

It's so stupid that we wouldn't even believe it in a Parks and Rec episode.

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u/Thompson_S_Sweetback 28d ago

I mean, it's precisely the kind of thing Arrested Development would do.

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u/DCBB22 28d ago

Or Veep!

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u/dpfw 28d ago

I don't think you do understand. Because you are grinning. Why are you grinning? You are grinning. You have made a fuckup the size of France and you are fucking grinning about it.

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u/owme 28d ago

I remember asking a friend in DC which show (airing at the time) got it closest to reality. She said Veep by a long shot.

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u/loverofreeses 28d ago

This is also the first thing I thought of. The panicked quick pan of the camera to show the landscaping company signage while Rudy and staffers put their hands on their face and mutter. Comedic gold here waiting to be put together.

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u/-FeistyRabbitSauce- 28d ago

"I love all my children equally!"

Earlier that day

"I don't much care for Junior."

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u/trireme32 28d ago

I could see April drolly trolling Leslie that she booked the landscaping company — “whatever, it said 4 seasons” — but actually booked the best ballroom at the hotel.

Or the landscaping company somehow being booked by accident, but Tom Haverford gets ahead of it and somehow makes it look fantastic and spins it into a win.

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u/BendTheForks 28d ago

Ron would be bitching the whole time about having to dress up and waste the taxpayers money on a pointless ceremony because he thinks it's the 4 seasons hotel. He eventually finds out that it's the landscaping company the day before the event and gets super giddy because not only did they spend a fraction of the budget to book the landscaping company compared to the hotel, but there's also plenty of room for him to bring his grill and fire up some real food.

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u/Freakin_A 28d ago

Get on your feet!

Pretty sure The Comeback Kid campaign rally was less of a shit show than Four Seasons Total Landscaping event, next to a crematorium and dildo shop.

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u/FlashbackJon 28d ago

It's like a Veep episode. (Which is Parks & Rec if you want to feel bad instead of good.)

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u/borntobewildish 28d ago

It would even be too random for a family guy gag. Peter would do the 'remember the time we did a press conference at the four seasons landscaping' and even those writers would think 'nah, were going too far now'.