Disney’s Donald Trump animatronic figure brings ridicule

Animatronic figure of the US president that has gone on show at Disney World’s Hall of Presidents is being mocked on social media

The Trump animatronics figure is getting ridiculed on social media. Picture: Supplied.

Is it Hillary Clinton? Is it Jon Voigt?

No (we don’t think), it’s Donald Trump. Or at least it’s meant to be.

A robot of the US president has gone on show at Disney World in Orlando, as part of the Magic Kingdom Park’s Hall of Presidents.

President Trump has officially been added to Disney's Hall of Presidents in the Magic Kingdom. I love it! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/W7ns9zqozH

— Alex 🇺🇸 (@SoCal4Trump) December 19, 2017

According to the official Disney Parks Blog, “Trump” features “the latest advances in technology that enable smoother and more lifelike movements.”

The robot, voiced by Mr Trump, gives a 25 minute long speech about the history of the US.

But it’s not what the Trump-bot says but how he looks that has people reaching for their social media accounts to heap ridicule on it.

One Twitter user suggested: “Disney had Hilary’s robot ready to go and then they had to try and make it look like Trump. This is just a necessary and painful fact we all need to deal with.”

Here me out on this. Clearly Disney had Hilary's robot ready to go and then they had to try and make it look like Trump. Don't hate me. This is just a necessary and painful fact we all need to deal with. pic.twitter.com/biSirfwE59

— Shannon O'Neill (@spotastic) December 19, 2017

Others compared the Trump-bot to Jon Voigt and to Angela Lansbury who played Biff Tannen in Back to the Future: Part 2.

Disney gave the job of Trump in the Hall of Presidents to Jon Voight and I can’t stop laughing. pic.twitter.com/dtu4PnqPv4

— Wil Spillane 🚀 (@2xUEss) December 19, 2017

“We didn’t have room in the budget for a new robot so we just threw some different hair on the Jon Voight one.” pic.twitter.com/MKsgh9poJm

— Sam Grittner (@SamGrittner) December 19, 2017

Before the show opened, there was speculation that Disney would not give the animatronic figure a speaking role after a change.org petition demanding he remain silent attracted more than 15,000 signatures. The petition’s reason for its demand was that Mr Trump “ran a Presidential campaign on hateful speech, misogyny, racism and xenophobia”.

However precedent prevailed, although Mr Trump took so long to complete his voice recording that the show opened six months late.