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'Veep' creator's Trump mockery project hits major snag: 'Better lawyer up'
['Matthew Chapman', 'Joe Conason', 'Thom Hartmann', 'Alexandria Jacobson', 'Investigative Reporter']
Raw Story
Armando Iannucci, the Scottish writer and producer behind the hit HBO series "Veep," is working on a project that takes on President Donald Trump — but there's a snag, Deadline reported on Tuesday: potential backers of the project fear becoming targets of MAGA hate.
Iannucci confessed as much at a Creative U.K. event in Liverpool, the article stated, as he "revealed that he was developing a screen project based on Trump’s speeches, but was warned that he would not be able to pull together finance in America."
“I got a lot of, ‘Yeah, you wouldn’t get the money for that at the moment, I’m afraid.’ So I said, ‘Why not?’ [They replied] ‘Well, you know, if you want what comes with it…'” said Iannucci.
Beyond that, Trump supporters have pushed for boycotts of any company that is not just perceived as anti-Trump, but also too culturally liberal, famously spooking Bud Light's parent company with a huge loss of sales over their partnership with a transgender influencer.
Far-right legal strategist Leonard Leo reportedly had a hand in driving the action, although in recent months Trump has fallen out with Leo.