Donald Trump immigration - The Art of the Prank

January 21, 2019December 15, 2023

More Trump TV Time Travel

There are an eery number of showbiz coincidences foreshadowing the political rise of Donald Trump. This 1958 TV Western, “Trackdown: The End of the World”, anticipates some pretty specific details, including the need for a wall to save the people from annihilation. Fact or fiction?

“A 1950s TV show had a fear-mongering conman named Trump who wanted to build a wall”
by Clara Sinclair
Boing Boing
January 10, 2019

On May 8, 1958, art imitated life in 2018. In an episode of a TV show called Trackdown, there was a conman named Trump, who tried to scare the bejeezus out of a town by preaching, “at midnight tonight, without my help and knowledge, every one of you will be dead.” The only way he could save them is by building a wall.

One sane man tries to talk some sense into the sheriff, with Trump in their presence. “How long are you going to put up with this?” he asks. But the brainwashed sheriff replies with a dumb, “What do you mean?”

How long are you going to let this conman walk around town?” the man persists.

Then Trump speaks his signature line: “Be careful son, I can sue you.” Read more and watch the entire episode here.

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March 23, 2017December 15, 2023

An Off-the-wall Immodest Proposal

Part of a proud tradition of construction-themed pranks, these morbid Canadian satirists have got a smoking hot deal for Donald Trump.

“Canadians’ Satirical Border Wall ‘Solution’ Designed to Drive Trump Up the Wall”
by Jim Brunner
Seattle Times
March 17, 2017

No, dead Nazi Albert Speer is not really bidding to build President Donald Trump”s proposed border wall. But a group of Canadian pranksters who “˜figured some kind of parody submission was in order” has created and submitted one in Speer”s name.

More than 700 businesses have signed up for possible work on President Donald Trump”s proposed “big, beautiful” wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

But not everyone registering for the early-stage federal bidding process is serious. Some are looking to satirize or protest the controversial project.

Take “Trump Wall Solutions,” a firm ostensibly based in Toronto, Canada, which has signed up as an “interested vendor” in response to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) online solicitation.

The company”s listed principal? That would be Albert Speer, the Nazi war criminal who was Adolf Hitler”s personal architect. Speer, who designed the infamous Nazi party rally grounds in Nuremberg, died in 1981.

Trump Wall Solutions is actually a small group of Canadian pranksters mortified by the Trump administration and the border-wall plan, according to two men involved in the project who spoke with The Seattle Times by phone Friday.

“We just thought it was a bit absurd, this whole wall proposal. We figured some kind of parody submission was in order,” said Matt, one of the organizers, who said he works in architecture in Toronto. Read more.

May 23, 2016December 15, 2023

Make Dating Great Again!

This international dating startup may or may not be real, but as a politically charged publicity stunt, it’s hilarious.

“There”s A Dating Site For Americans Who Want To Escape A Trump Presidency”
by Kimberly Yam
The Huffington Post
May 11, 2016

New dating site Maple Match helps Americans find a Canadian partner for a special mission “” to “save them from the unfathomable horror of a Trump presidency.”

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And the service”s tagline? “Make dating great again,” natch.

The site launched about a week ago and the app hasn”t even been released yet, but the concept has already proven popular, NBC News reported. Thousands of people have already signed up to nab a spot on the waitlist and this past Friday, the site had 200 sign-up requests an hour.

“This is about finding the right partner and not caring if they”re on the other side of the border,” CEO Joe Goldman explained to The Guardian. “You should go to a place where you”ll be happy. For a number of Americans, in the event of a Trump presidency, that place would be Canada.” Whole thing here.

July 1, 2015December 15, 2023

Mexico Trumps Donald

From Erin: Giving The Donald his due.

Donald Trump Pià±atas Are a Hit In Mexico
by Jacob Davidson
Time.com
June 30, 2015

“This pinata especially is the one everyone wants to break.”

Trump Pinata

Mexicans have found a way to hit back at Donald Trump. Literally.

Reuters reports that pià±atas bearing Trump”s likeness, including “a flange of blonde hair and a big mouth,” have hit store shelves in Mexico and are proving popular among customers eager to protest the billionaire”s recent remarks against immigrants.

Trump, who is a Republican candidate for president, drew criticism after declaring in his campaign announcement speech that Mexican migrants were bringing “drugs, crime, and rapists” to the United States. He later called his comments “100 percent correct,” but insisted he was a strong supporter of Mexicans. “How can I not love people who give me many millions of dollars for apartments?” Trump said, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

The Donald”s comments prompted pià±ata maker Dalton Remirez to design an extremely bashable pià±ata bearing Trump”s visage. The candy-filled sculpture retails for about $40, and Ramirez says it has been flying off shelves. “This pià±ata especially is the one everyone wants to break,” the artist told Reuters.