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I'll be happy if he has a non-speaking role, I've heard him speak too much over the last year.
Will Donald Trump have a speaking role at Walt Disney World's Hall of Presidents attraction?
It's a question that Motherboard has inquired about for two weeks, to no avail. The White House confirmed they received the inquiry, but did not reply to a follow-up email. Walt Disney World, after receiving multiple requests, stated through a phone representative that "as of right now, we have nothing to share."
But thanks to an inside source, Motherboard has an answer. And it's not a simple answer. Rather, it's an answer that reflects a company in conflict, that knows it's been thrust into a politically-charged, no-win situation.
"Given President Trump's current problems," continued the source, "Walt Disney World might elect to push the attraction's opening date back to the fall and then make further tweaks to the show."
According to the source, Disney might also rationalize silencing the Trump robot by decreasing the show's overall running time. There is precedent for this; the Country Bear Jamboree attraction, for example, was cut down from 16 minutes to 11 minutes. Disney reasons that the average, modern audience member does not have the attention span for a 16-minute presentation, let alone a 23-minute presentation. By cutting the Hall of Presidents show to 15 minutestake a sentence away from Washington here, take a sentence away from Lincoln thereDisney could run more shows per hour, thus increasing the number of guests who experience the attraction.
"They were convinced that Hillary was going to win," said the source. "They were having conversations in late October and early November on how to dress her. 'Should it be the pantsuit she wore at the [Democratic] National Convention? Or should it be a darker color?' They were thinking along those lines. No one was giving any serious thought to it being Trump."
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I'll be happy if he has a non-speaking role, I've heard him speak too much over the last year.