--- description: Actress Robin Wright says that President Donald Trump "has stolen all of our ideas" for the political thriller 'House of Cards'. title: Claire Is Not Happy Trump 'Stole' All of House of Cards Ideas image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde20d6b59f5a6af0/6988cdebcd1bba0c6c70545a/robin-wright-donald-trump-house-of-cards.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Robin Wright Is Not Happy That Trump 'Stole' All of _House of Cards'_ Ideas ## Video: This Video Is No Longer Available [Watch (HLS stream): This Video Is No Longer Available](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8) (0:10)  _Published 2026-06-23. Actress Robin Wright says that President Donald Trump "has stolen all of our ideas" for the political thriller 'House of Cards'._  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 18, 2017 8:29 PM CUT  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 18, 2017 8:29 PM CUT Although the fifth season of [_House of Cards_](http://time.com/4640910/house-of-cards-season-five-inauguration-day/ "undefined") is slated to drop soon, [Robin Wright](http://time.com/70805/robin-wright-2014-time-100/ "undefined") 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/ "undefined") panel at the [Cannes Film Festival](http://time.com/4783561/cannes-red-carpet-fashion-2017/ "undefined"), 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"}}] ```