Will McAvoy takes down Donald Trump

Ever since West Wing, the intersection of politics and popular culture has only gotten busier.

Today, Jeff Daniels, who starred in HBO’s ~~West Wing~~ The Newsroom, recreated his Will McAvoy role — and the famous scene that launched the series — in a Bloomberg skit on Donald Trump.

Warning: Obscenity included.

(h/t: Rick Ellis)

About the blogger

Bob Collins

bcollins@mpr.org • @newscut

Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.