Everyone in Trump's orbit has a Simpsons analog. Thread:
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross is Mr. Burns
Fmr. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is the Rich Texan
Anthony Scaramucci is Poochie
Sen. Orrin Hatch is the Republican Vampire
Sen. Rand Paul is Sideshow Mel
Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin is Artie Ziff
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is Smilin' Joe Fission
National Security Advisor John Bolton is Satan
Paul Manafort is Johnny Tightlips
Roger Ailes is the Oh Crap! Guy
Secretary of Education Betsy Devos is Ms. Albright, the Sunday School Teacher
Fmr. Secretary of Health Tom Price is Mr. Burns' doctor
Newt Gingrich is Plopper
Rep. Peter King is Don Brodka
Chris Christie is Mayor Quimby
Sarah Huckabee Sanders is Leopold
Mike Huckabee is Homer Simpson in the form of Yogi Bear
Michael Cohen is Krusty's accountant
Kim Jong-un is Uter (credit: @PWC1981)
Dr. Harold Bornstein is Dr. Nick Riviera
Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is the Speaker
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is Cowboy Bob
John McCain and his mother are the "real" Seymour Skinner and Agnes Skinner
Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney is the IRS man
Secretary of Defense James Mattis is Colonel Hapablap
Fred Trump is Roger Meyers, Sr.
Roger Stone is Guy Incognito
Ted Cruz is the "Fair Harvard" writer
Sec. of State Mike Pompeo is the Duff CEO
Chief of Staff John Kelly is Superintendent Chalmers
Stephen Miller is the Burns Alien
Steve Bannon is Rock Bottom Krusty the Clown
Ben Carson is Ozzie Smith (credit: @jplepore )
Ben Shapiro is Gavin the spoiled kid
Trump Lawyer Jay Sekulow is (of course) the Blue Haired Lawyer
John Kasich is Frank Ormand the Pretzel Man
Alex Jones is Corporal Punishment
Sen. Jeff Flake is the man suddenly needed in the basement
Don Jr. and Eric are your sons, George Bush Jr. and Jeb Bush
Sebastian Gorka is Hank Scorpio
Justice Thomas is Judge Snyder
Ivana Trump is Stacy Lovell
Sean Hannity is the St. Patrick's Day float
Sheriff David Clarke is Big Daddy
Fmr. Trump lawyer John Dowd is a Sideshow Bob Republican
Ivanka Trump is the lab bunny
Melania Trump is the Gummi Venus de Milo (credit: @jplepore )
Fl. Gov. Rick Scott is Dr. Colossus
Trump Advisor Sam Clovis is Horst the German
Jared Kushner is the Squeaky Voiced Teen
Fmr. National Security Advisor H. R. McMaster is Kearney's dad
Fmr. Chief of Staff Reince Priebus is Gabbo
Chuck Norris is Troy McClure
Sen. Marco Rubio is Pepi
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke is Duffman (credit: @PWC1981 )
Fmr. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer is Snowball I
Sen. Chuck Grassley is Grandpa Simpson (credit: @BillCorbett )
Sen. Tom Cotton is Cletus
Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost is Lunchlady Doris
Also, this...
Rep. Devi Nunes is the guy at the end of the escalator to nowhere
And now, a few members of the #Resistance:
Joe Scarborough is Dean Peterson
Fmr. FBI Director James Comey is, of course, The Very Tall Man
Bob Mueller is Rex Banner
David Brooks is Allison Taylor's dad
Obama is Nimoy (credit: @PWC1981 )
Stormy Daniels is Lurleen Lumpkin (credit: @PWC1981)
Back to Trump's main crew, it should be noted that Rush Limbaugh, Alan Dershowitz, and Don King have already been given excellent analogs by the show.
Correction: this is Sir Oinks-a-Lot:
Donald Trump is Larry Burns
Rudy Giuliani is Gil
Kellyanne Conway is Ms. Botz
Mike Pence is Ray Patterson
Hitting pause and going to bed for now, but will take this moment to say I'm a playwright/screenwriter in the middle of multiple projects, including a play/TV pilot about Golden Age animation. Here is my resume; thank you and goodnight!
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski is Helen Lovejoy (Credit: @PWC1981)
Trump advisor Carter Page is the Martian Stonecutter (Credit: @PWC1981)
Republican Megadonor Sheldon Adelson is Homer's Stockbroker
Fmr. R.N.C. Chair Michael Steele is the U.N. Ambassador who wants to take a chance
Bret Baier is the Rock Bottom Host
Sen. Lindsey Graham is Bubbles the Happy Little Elf
This thread seems to be splicing after Devin Nunes, so here's what comes after him in case you're lost:
Thread seems to be splicing here, let's see if this helps:
Fmr. White House Communications Director Hope Hicks is Mindy Simmons (credit: @PWC1981)
Putin is the Russian Ambassador
Fmr. Trump lawyer Joseph diGenova is Dennis Franz as Homer
Taking a pause here to shout out my main inspirations:
@KevinMKruse 's Bond villain thread gave me my format, style and execution. @ditzkoff has been doing the best Simpsons work on here for years. Give them a follow!
Also, very important correction: Newt Gingrich is NOT Plopper:
he is Sir Oinks-a-Lot, the pig with very powerful friends:
Trump talking point Andrew Jackson is Jebediah Springfield, aka Hans Sprungfeld
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