Donald Trump Threatened To Sue Sharknado For Replacing Him With Mark Cuban

[Judi Lynn]

By Josh Sorokach @joshsorokach
Aug 2, 2017 at 12:45pm


Before Donald Trump became the 45th president of the United States, he was almost the Commander-in-Chief of a place that’s perhaps more powerful than this great country of ours: the Sharknado universe.

In a story that’s almost as wonderfully absurd as a never-ending cavalcade of flying temperamental sharks, a new article from The Hollywood Reporter reveals that back in January of 2015, two years before he was sworn in as president, Trump agreed to portray the commander-in-chief in Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No. Interestingly enough, Trump wasn’t the production’s first choice—it was Sarah Palin— but negotiations with the former vice presidential nominee had fallen through. Enter Donald. A contract was drawn up and sent to Trump attorney Michael D. Cohen, but the offer was met with silence from Team Trump.

David Latt — the co-founder of Asylum (the film company behind Sharknado) — would soon discover that the reason for the hesitancy was that Trump was mulling over a potential opportunity to oversee a world free of tornado sharks.

“Donald’s thinking about making a legitimate run for the presidency, so we’ll get back to you,” Latt recalls Cohen saying. “This might not be the best time.”

More:
http://decider.com/2017/08/02/donald-trump-sharknado-lawsuit-mark-cuban/