...as imagined by Lewis MacLeod for Private Eye
Donald Trump delivers his regular dispatch from Washington to Private Eye – despite last week’s drama at White House Correspondents Dinner.
And in it, the US president – as played by impressionist Lewis MacLeod – argues that the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun… is a good guy with a $400 million ballroom.
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Published: 30 Apr 2026
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