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According to Matt Lauer, the murderous fictional president portrayed by Kevin Spacey on the Netflix series House of Cards is “tame” in comparison to Donald Trump’s presidency. Interviewing the actor on Wednesday’s NBC Today, Lauer wondered: “...did you ever imagine that there would come a time in real-life politics that would make the plot lines of your show seem tame?”
Spacey responded by claiming that his character, President Frank Underwood, who commits multiple murders throughout the political thriller, was actually a more realistic figure in the midst of the Trump administration: “Actually, no, I don’t think they seem tame....there might have been some things that we did where people thought, ‘Well, that’s just crazy. That couldn’t possibly happen’....And now 18 months later, I think people are feeling like, ‘Wow, it is possible.’”
