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Finally, a Decent Trump Impression: Brendan Gleeson in ‘The Comey Rule’

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In Showtime’s new event series, the Irish actor becomes the first performer to portray Trump as something more than a sketch-comedy cartoon.

Everyone has a “Trump.” No one has a good one.

Like Cher, De Niro, or Walken, there is something distinctive about the way Donald Trump speaks that begs for impersonation, but also, it turns out, something intangible that makes a decent approximation almost impossible.

Trump impressions have become so widespread, we’ve become...

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