--- title: Trump Face Swaps With Michael Scott in The Office VIDEO description: If you've ever wondered what it would be like if the leader of the free world swapped places with the world's best boss, then wonder no more. canonical: https://time.com/5128575/trump-michael-soctt-face-swap-the-office/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-01T16:22:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:16.099Z og:title: Trump Gets The Office Treatment in Viral Video og:description: Get ready for The Oval Office crossover og:url: https://time.com/5128575/trump-michael-soctt-face-swap-the-office/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a4880579f4bc186/6988fa2d8fd2eeab2135a85b/michael-scott-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: michael-scott-donald-trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Gets The Office Treatment in Viral Video twitter:description: Get ready for The Oval Office crossover twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a4880579f4bc186/6988fa2d8fd2eeab2135a85b/michael-scott-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # You Can Never Unsee Trump's Face on Michael Scott in This Iconic Scene From _The Office_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 1, 2018 4:22 PM UTC  Steve Carell as Michael Scott from The Office; President Donald Trump Steve Carell as Michael Scott from The Office; President Donald TrumpGetty Images (2)  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 1, 2018 4:22 PM UTC If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like if the leader of the free world traded places with the [world’s best boss](http://time.com/4755981/the-office-mindy-kaling-michael-scott-ted-talk/), then wonder no more. By swapping [President Donald Trump’s](http://time.com/5128429/donald-trump-state-of-the-union-ratings-fact-check/) face with Michael Scott’s in an iconic scene from [_The Office_](http://time.com/4644292/donald-trump-the-office-intro/), video creators [Dhruv Maheshwari](https://www.facebook.com/Redhruvinator?hc%5Fref=ARRLnHFOPZXjb2j0Q%5FlNAVO8H8Ffmao-dXNJAGOCY0BWI9twOOfbOXVRkauV0b4GA-0) and [Jonathan Dubin](https://www.facebook.com/dubin?hc%5Fref=ARRLnHFOPZXjb2j0Q%5FlNAVO8H8Ffmao-dXNJAGOCY0BWI9twOOfbOXVRkauV0b4GA-0) have given the Internet an unforgettable crossover viewing experience. “Ever wondered about the secret to Donald Trump’s success?” Maheshwari captioned the [video](https://www.facebook.com/Redhruvinator/videos/10155509269199227/), which he shared on Facebook on Monday. “I found the answer, in this exclusive, never-before-seen interview with Trump!” The clip features Trump as Michael in the scene from season five’s “The Duel” in which the Dunder Mifflin regional manager attempts to explain to David Wallace why the Scranton branch has been successful. “My philosophy is basically this — and this is something that I live by, and I always have, and I always will,” he says. “Don’t ever, for any reason, do anything, to anyone, for any reason, ever, no matter what, no matter where, or who, or who you are with, or where you are going, or where you’ve been, ever, for any reason whatsoever.” Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5128575/trump-michael-soctt-face-swap-the-office/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5128575/trump-michael-soctt-face-swap-the-office/"},"headline":"You Can Never Unsee Trump's Face on Michael Scott in This Iconic Scene From The Office","datePublished":"2018-02-01T16:22:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:16.099Z","description":"Get ready for The Oval Office crossover","url":"https://time.com/5128575/trump-michael-soctt-face-swap-the-office/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","viral","The Office","TV","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a4880579f4bc186/6988fa2d8fd2eeab2135a85b/michael-scott-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a4880579f4bc186/6988fa2d8fd2eeab2135a85b/michael-scott-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"michael-scott-donald-trump","caption":"Steve Carell as Michael Scott from The Office; President Donald Trump","creditText":"Getty Images (2)","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/5128575/trump-michael-soctt-face-swap-the-office/","name":"You Can Never Unsee Trump's Face on Michael Scott in This Iconic Scene From The Office"}}]}] ```