2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumIf Ian Fleming Were Alive Now - Donald Trump Would Be A Bond Villain.....
It does seem like we are in the middle of a Bond novel right now.
Who will be our 007?
tonyt53
(5,737 posts)Instead of threatening with nuclear weapons, Cheeto would call people vile names and make fun of them to hurt their feelings.
lapfog_1
(29,226 posts)Coventina
(27,172 posts)global1
(25,272 posts)highplainsdem
(49,041 posts)But you're right, of course -- he's closer to a Bond villain. Though not nearly as intelligent.
Fleming would have considered Trump a buffoon, beneath contempt.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)But if you mock his hair you'll have hell toupee.
Coventina
(27,172 posts)BobbyDrake
(2,542 posts)He doesn't have what it takes to be an actual antagonist. That requires attributes like patience, planning, and a modicum of self-discipline.
If we're offering up funny parody names, here are a few of mine:
Pussyraker
Ivana Gropalot
Egofinger
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)MindPilot
(12,693 posts)The writers modeled Biff Tannen after DT. That scene where a 1955 Biff just walks up to Marty's teenage mom-to-be on the street, lifts her dress and take a look is, in light of recent revelations, so eerily prescient.
bigbrother05
(5,995 posts)Grinning down on the hero being held by others, only to be impaled on some doomsday machine part in the big finale.
The 007 version of "hoist on his own petard", Pence will forever be tied to Trump's failure.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)LAS14
(13,783 posts)Blue Owl
(50,507 posts)n/t