--- title: Robin Wright: Trump 'Has Stolen' House of Cards Ideas description: Actress Robin Wright says that President Donald Trump "has stolen all of our ideas" for the political thriller 'House of Cards'. canonical: https://time.com/4784749/house-of-cards-on-trump-robin-wright/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-18T20:29:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:56:45.260Z og:title: Claire Is Not Happy Trump 'Stole' All of House of Cards Ideas og:description: The actor who plays Claire Underwood joked about the show in the era of Trump og:url: https://time.com/4784749/house-of-cards-on-trump-robin-wright/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde20d6b59f5a6af0/6988cdebcd1bba0c6c70545a/robin-wright-donald-trump-house-of-cards.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Opening CUBE Tech Fair 2017 In Berlin og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Claire Is Not Happy Trump 'Stole' All of House of Cards Ideas twitter:description: The actor who plays Claire Underwood joked about the show in the era of Trump twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde20d6b59f5a6af0/6988cdebcd1bba0c6c70545a/robin-wright-donald-trump-house-of-cards.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Robin Wright Is Not Happy That Trump 'Stole' All of _House of Cards'_ Ideas > Sponsored content. 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Actress Robin Wright says that President Donald Trump "has stolen all of our ideas" for the political thriller 'House of Cards'._  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 18, 2017 8:29 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 18, 2017 8:29 PM UTC Although the fifth season of [_House of Cards_](http://time.com/4640910/house-of-cards-season-five-inauguration-day/) is slated to drop soon, [Robin Wright](http://time.com/70805/robin-wright-2014-time-100/) thinks that the thrilling political Netflix series might pale in comparison to real life. During a [_Variety_](http://variety.com/2017/film/markets-festivals/robin-wright-trump-house-of-cards-1202433381/) panel at the [Cannes Film Festival](http://time.com/4783561/cannes-red-carpet-fashion-2017/), the actor, who portrays the icy, powerful Claire Underwood on the show, candidly shared that the upcoming season might not be as dramatic as the current political landscape. “Trump has stolen all of our ideas for season 6,” she said with a laugh. “I don’t know what we’re going to do, seriously.” While Variety reported that Wright was feeling discouraged by recent events, she remains positive. “I’ve got to see the hope somewhere,” she said. “Oh my God, we have four years of this.” As for who Wright would like to see leading the country, her answer was Michelle Obama. “I want Michelle Obama up there,” she said. “She would be a great female president.” Watch Wright discuss _House of Cards_ below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4784749/house-of-cards-on-trump-robin-wright/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4784749/house-of-cards-on-trump-robin-wright/"},"headline":"Robin Wright Is Not Happy That Trump 'Stole' All of House of Cards' Ideas","datePublished":"2017-05-18T20:29:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:45.260Z","description":"Actress Robin Wright says that President Donald Trump \"has stolen all of our ideas\" for the political thriller 'House of Cards'.","url":"https://time.com/4784749/house-of-cards-on-trump-robin-wright/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Television","celebrities","house of cards","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde20d6b59f5a6af0/6988cdebcd1bba0c6c70545a/robin-wright-donald-trump-house-of-cards.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde20d6b59f5a6af0/6988cdebcd1bba0c6c70545a/robin-wright-donald-trump-house-of-cards.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Opening CUBE Tech Fair 2017 In Berlin","caption":"Opening CUBE Tech Fair 2017 In Berlin","creditText":"Tristar Media—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4784749/house-of-cards-on-trump-robin-wright/","name":"Robin Wright Is Not Happy That Trump 'Stole' All of House of Cards' Ideas"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"Actress Robin Wright says that President Donald Trump \"has stolen all of our ideas\" for the political thriller 'House of Cards'.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4784749/house-of-cards-on-trump-robin-wright/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4784749/house-of-cards-on-trump-robin-wright/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```