President Donald Trump has tweeted a clip of Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm episode in which he wears a "Make America Great Again" hat to repel people, with the caption "Tough guys for Trump!"
The clip sees David driving and accidentally swerving into a biker. They get into a confrontation and the biker asks David to get out of his car. Instead, David puts on his MAGA hat and the biker immediately becomes sympathetic and tells David to "just be more careful next time."
TOUGH GUYS FOR TRUMP! pic.twitter.com/DbjZjGzLWU
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 11, 2020
Throughout the episode, David impersonates and makes fun of Trump and calls the hat a "people repellent."
David gets the idea to wear the MAGA hat when his friend, Jeff Greene, played by Jeff Garlin, says: "I'm not playing [golf] with him, he's a Trump supporter. I'd never play with a Trump supporter. I see him around town with that hat, 'Make America Great Again,' I don't need that crap. He makes me want to not be anywhere near him."
David then uses the hat to get out of a lunch date, to prevent people from sitting next to him at a restaurant, and then to avoid a confrontation with an angry biker, as seen in the clip.
Jeff Schaffer, executive producer of Curb Your Enthusiasm told The Hollywood Reporter: "Larry in the hat is such a dissonant image. You realized when he put it on that you just never see a person in a MAGA hat in Los Angeles. It's like spotting a double rainbow of intolerance."
How to watch Curb Your Enthusiasm
The clip is from the premiere episode of season 10 of Curb Your Enthusiasm, which originally aired on January 19, 2020, on HBO. The episode is available to stream online with the following services:
- Curb Your Enthusiasm season 10 is on Hulu, which costs $14.99 a month to subscribe to.
- Season 10 is also on HBO via Amazon Prime, which also costs $14.99 a month, with the option of a seven-day free trial.
- DirectTV customers can stream Curb Your Enthusiasm online or record it on their TV the next time it airs.
What time does Curb Your Enthusiasm come on?
Curb Your Enthusiasm airs on HBO on Sundays at 10.30 p.m EST. The next episode is season 10 episode five, titled "Insufficient Praise," which will air on February 16.
Season 10 features guest stars including Clive Owen, Jon Hamm, Laverne Cox, Jake Krakowski, Sean Penn, Fred Armisen, Isla Fisher, Mila Kunis, Ed Begley Jr., Abbi Jacobson, Timothy Olyphant, Vince Vaughn, and Nick Kroll.
When did Curb Your Enthusiasm start?
Curb Your Enthusiasm first aired in 1999 as one-off special. It was so well-received that it became a comedy series in 2000 and is now on its tenth season.
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