--- title: Mike Myers Revives Dr. Evil, Newly-Fired by the Trump Team description: Mike Myers reprised his role as Dr. Evil from 'Austin Powers' for 'The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon' and says Trump's team just fired him. canonical: https://time.com/5229155/mike-myers-dr-evil-fired-trump-administration/ author: Claudia Fisher article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-05T13:53:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T09:05:15.004Z og:title: Mike Myers Returns as Dr. Evil and Says He Was Just Fired From the Trump Team og:description: Dr. Evil's got a major political announcement of his own og:url: https://time.com/5229155/mike-myers-dr-evil-fired-trump-administration/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec1f76ecaa27c774/69892ce3db2987c66825f4be/dr-evil-on-jimmy-fallon.png?branch=production&width=986&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 986 og:image:height: 555 og:image:alt: dr-evil-on-jimmy-fallon og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mike Myers Returns as Dr. Evil and Says He Was Just Fired From the Trump Team twitter:description: Dr. Evil's got a major political announcement of his own twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec1f76ecaa27c774/69892ce3db2987c66825f4be/dr-evil-on-jimmy-fallon.png?branch=production&width=986&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Mike Myers Returns as Dr. Evil and Says He Was Just Fired From the Trump Administration > Sponsored content. 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A guide to former Trump administration staffers._ by [Claudia Fisher](https://time.com/author/claudia-fisher/) ## Claudia Fisher Apr 5, 2018 1:53 PM UTC A guide to former Trump administration staffers. by [Claudia Fisher](https://time.com/author/claudia-fisher/) ## Claudia Fisher Apr 5, 2018 1:53 PM UTC Mike Myers reprised his role as the infamous “Austin Powers” villain, Dr. Evil, and revealed what he’s been up to. Apparently, he finagled his knack for evil into a politics career as an employee of the Trump Administration. Unfortunately, he was just fired. Last night on [_The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon_](http://time.com/5177293/jimmy-fallon-parkland-pledge-march-for-our-lives/), Dr. Evil made an entrance like only the most villainous villains can: via the chair swivel on a large projector screen. After Dr. Evil gets properly situated – pinky finger to the corner of his mouth – he begins to discuss his recent loss of employment on the [Trump team with Fallon](http://time.com/5104113/jimmy-fallon-donald-trump-james-taylor-parody/). Once Steve Bannon beat him out for “Secretary of Evil,” Dr. Evil says he became more of an “ideas guy” for the Trump Administration, suggesting things like a moat full of “spiky blow fish” instead of [a border wall between Mexico and the U.S.](http://time.com/5229159/donald-trump-mexico-immigrant-caravan/), and he wanted Alec Baldwin to pay for it. He did draw one line, even though he claimed all the “most evil ideas” belonged to him. When Fallon asked if he came up with the idea of deporting Dreamers, Myer’s character replied, “No, Jimmy, even I have my limits. I’m evil, but I’m not a monster.” Not exactly the social butterfly, Dr. Evil did find an office BFF in Ben Carson, but he wasn’t so close with Donal Trump Jr. because, in his words, “Don Jr.? Well, that guy’s creepy AF. He looks like he’s missing a facial feature, you just don’t know which one.” The only noticeable element missing from the revival is Dr. Evil’s hairless cat Mr. Bigglesworth, but maybe the little guy will make a public appearance as his owner ramps up his own political career. See the rest of Jimmy Fallon and Dr. Evil’s conversation, including a major political announcement by Myer’s character, above. ## Transcript [00:00] Before he became president, Donald Trump was [00:02] famous for firing people on television. You're fired. [00:06] You're fired. Hillary, you're fired. So it's not surprising [00:10] that his first year in office has seen a number of firings [00:12] and resignations, nearly triple the rate in President [00:15] Obama's first year according to one study. [00:16] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] But the [00:20] high turnover rate obscures the very different reasons [00:23] behind the departure Some have been typical. People [00:26] who lack because they were ready for something [00:27] different. That includes everyone from deputy White [00:30] House chief of staff Katie Wash to press secretary Sean [00:33] Spicer and communications director Hope Hicks. Then [00:36] there's people who left or were forced out because [00:37] they disagreed on policy. Deputy Attorney General [00:40] Sally Yates was fired for refusing to defend the travel [00:43] ban. Economic advisor Gary Cohn resigned over [00:46] transplant implements steel and aluminum tariffs. And [00:49] secretary of state Rax Tillerson was fired after clashing [00:51] with trump too many times. Others left under a cloud [00:55] of scandal. Health and Human Services secretary Tom [00:58] Price resigned amid criticism of his use of taxpayer [01:01] funded charter flights. [ MUSIC ] CDC Director Brenda [01:04] Fitzgerald resigned after reports she had traded in [01:06] tobacco stocks. And staff secretary Rob Porter [01:09] resigned after accusations of domestic violence. In [01:12] some cases, the departure itself has been [01:14] controversial. Trump's firing of FBI Director James [01:17] Comey started a series of events Of events that led to [01:19] the appointment of a special counsel. And the firing of [01:22] FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe raised questions [01:25] about the president's involvement. At least one Trump [01:28] staffer should have seen it coming. Aide Omarosa [01:31] Manigault was fired in December in part for misusing [01:33] White House car service. But it was the frist time she'd [01:37] been fired by Donald Trump. You know I've always [01:38] been a big Omarosa fan, but Omarosa you're fired. 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