House of Cards' chilling new trailer previews season five

Trailer for House of Cards season five
House of Cards is back for a fifth season (Netflix/YouTube)

Netflix has unleashed a trailer for the next season of House of Cards right in the middle of Donald Trump's inauguration as President of the United States.

The timing is unlikely to be a coincidence.

The short clip features children reading out the Pledge of Allegiance, while a dimly lit US flag waves upside-down in front of the US Capitol. Dark clouds float overhead.

The fourth season of the critically acclaimed drama ended with President Frank Underwood, played by Kevin Spacey, staring down the barrel of the camera and uttering the chilling line: "We don't submit to terror - we make the terror."

House of Cards season five hits Netflix at the end of May.

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