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** In the {{Mockumentary}}, the final scene is a video Trump recorded to air after his death, which ends with a variation on [[OncePerEpisode every episode's opening and closing lines]].

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** In the {{Mockumentary}}, the final scene is a video Trump recorded to air after his death, which ends with a variation on [[OncePerEpisode [[MadLibsCatchphrase every episode's opening and closing lines]].



* OnceAnEpisode: Every episode begins with Trump saying some variation of "I'm the president! Can you believe it? Let's roll!"
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* GreaterScopeVillain: You can interpret that Vladimir Putin is this to ''The President Show'', since he's the reason Donald Trump became President of the United States after rigging the election.

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* GreaterScopeVillain: You can interpret that Vladimir Putin is this to ''The President Show'', since (in the context of the show's setting) he's the reason Donald Trump became President of the United States after rigging the election.

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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Steve Bannon who starts SuddenlyShouting ''very'' questionable things.

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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: {{Cloudcuckoolander}}:
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Steve Bannon who starts Bannon's appearances always lead to him SuddenlyShouting ''very'' questionable things.

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* {{Bookends}}: The first and last (pre-Xmas) episode of Season 1 has Trump describe himself as "just a sad, lonely man, who's in way over his head". They both also feature Creator/KeithOlbermann, a critic of Trump in real life, as a guest.
** In the {{Mockumentary}}, the final scene is a video Trump recorded to air after his death, which ends with a variation on every episode's opening and closing lines.

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* {{Bookends}}: {{Bookends}}:
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The first and last (pre-Xmas) episode of Season 1 has Trump describe himself as "just a sad, lonely man, who's in way over his head". They both also feature Creator/KeithOlbermann, a critic of Trump in real life, as a guest.
** In the {{Mockumentary}}, the final scene is a video Trump recorded to air after his death, which ends with a variation on [[OncePerEpisode every episode's opening and closing lines.lines]].


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* OnceAnEpisode: Every episode begins with Trump saying some variation of "I'm the president! Can you believe it? Let's roll!"
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* HomoeroticSubtext: Trump performs some suggestive actions with Anthony Scaramucci (played by Mario Cantone) during the latter's brief time working in the Oval Office. Scaramucci's last appearance even ends with him and Trump [[spoiler:making out]].
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A little unclear that this trope applies here


-->'''Trump:''' 18 to 12, [[TheJailBaitWait the forbidden years]].

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-->'''Trump:''' 18 to 12, [[TheJailBaitWait the forbidden years]].years.
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** Acceptance: He gleefully goes on a rampage through the streets causing crimes and freely stealing money.
** Depression: He starts bawling as the police arrest him for flirting with teenage girls.
* ForWantOfANail: In the Mockumentary, set in the future, the series of events that leads to Trump being removed from office and committed to a seniors center all starts with a victory for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a real-life socialist Latina.

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** Acceptance: He gleefully goes on a rampage through the streets causing crimes and freely stealing money. But this doesn't last long and he gets caught by the police.
** Depression: He starts bawling as after the police arrest him for flirting with teenage girls.
* ForWantOfANail: In the Mockumentary, set in the future, the series of events that leads to Trump being removed from office and committed to a seniors center all starts with a victory for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a real-life socialist Latina.Ocasio-Cortez.



* GreaterScopeVillain: You can interpret that Vladimir Putin is this to ''The President Show'', since he's the reason Donald Trump became President of the United States.

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* GreaterScopeVillain: You can interpret that Vladimir Putin is this to ''The President Show'', since he's the reason Donald Trump became President of the United States.States after rigging the election.

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* FiveStagesOfGrief: Trump goes through this in the "It's A Tremendous Life" segment of the Christmas special in which he is in a parallel universe where his father wasn't rich, and so Trump is throwing tantrums out of anger, freely rampaging around the streets causing mayhem and committing crimes, and lastly he cries out of despair after the police arrest him for allegedly attempting sexual assault.

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* FiveStagesOfGrief: Trump goes through this in the "It's A Tremendous Life" segment of the Christmas special that Bernie Sanders put him through in which he is in a parallel universe where his father wasn't rich, and so Trump is throwing tantrums reduced to an unemployed con man who steals coins from street services such as public phones:
** Denial: The real Trump keeps denying to Bernie that he would've failed without his father's money.
** Bargaining: He tries peddling trips to Mar-A-Lago Resort to New York civilians walking by.
** Anger: He gets furious over his lack of business over selling trips to Mar-A-Lago Resort, then gets denigrated by both his landlord and his wife Ivana for being too broke to pay rent and utilities, which only makes him angrier and he resorts to shouting
out of anger, freely rampaging around his window.
** Acceptance: He gleefully goes on a rampage through
the streets causing mayhem crimes and committing crimes, and lastly he cries out of despair after freely stealing money.
** Depression: He starts bawling as
the police arrest him for allegedly attempting sexual assault.flirting with teenage girls.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: Trump complains about American jobs getting outsourced to foreign producers, but it turns out a lot of his merchandising is also produced overseas. Don Jr also calls his sister Ivanka one for speaking out against sexual harassment but then endorsing her own father, whom Don Jr. says is guilty of said crimes.

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Trump complains about American jobs getting outsourced to foreign producers, but it turns out a lot of his merchandising is also produced overseas. overseas.
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Don Jr also calls his sister Ivanka one for speaking out against sexual harassment but then endorsing her own father, whom Don Jr. says is guilty of said crimes.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Trump complains about American jobs getting outsourced to foreign producers, but it turns out a lot of his merchandising is also produced overseas.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: Trump complains about American jobs getting outsourced to foreign producers, but it turns out a lot of his merchandising is also produced overseas. Don Jr also calls his sister Ivanka one for speaking out against sexual harassment but then endorsing her own father, whom Don Jr. says is guilty of said crimes.



-->'''Trump:''' Houses don't talk, you dummy.

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-->'''Trump:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Houses don't talk, talk]], you dummy.



** "Flag": Trump convinces himself that Brad Sherman is [[Franchise/TheTerminator a time-travelling robot named The Sherminator]].

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** "Flag": Trump convinces himself that Brad Sherman is [[Franchise/TheTerminator a time-travelling time-traveling robot named The Sherminator]].
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: In the Christmas special, it was said that Trump gained a million-dollar loan from his late father Fred which is how he got wealthy. In reality, Trump borrowed at least $60 million from his father.
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Several sketches are available to watch for free because they get posted on Comedy Central's website and on their YouTube channel, while the talk show bits do not get posted.

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Several sketches are available to watch for free because they get posted on Comedy Central's website and on their YouTube Website/YouTube channel, while the talk show bits do not get posted.

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