The simpsons correctly predicted a donald trump would be. Donald trumps bid for the white house and ascendancy in the polls has surprised many but the simpsons called it 15 years ago the cartoon foretold a. The simpsons also predicted the election of donald trump, the discovery of the higgs boson equation, and a lady gaga performance. Bart to the future is the seventeenth episode of the eleventh season of the american animated television sitcom the simpsons. Kind of funny simpsons episode where lisa simpson calls the donald trump presidency, increased debt.
In season 11, the simpsons predicted a donald trump presidency in the 2000 episode bart to the future. Simpsons writer reveals how he predicted the presidency of. The simpsons episode that perfectly sums up donald trump. Donald trump thanked his family and supporters on tuesday as he celebrated wins in several key state primaries. The image has been shared widely on social media, with many claiming that the. And donald trump was first acknowledged as the president of the united states on the show in the 2000 episode bart to the future, over 15 years before being he was elected. The real estate mogul didnt make an appearance, but his presidency is. Simpsons writer reveals how he predicted the presidency of donald trump. Did the simpsons predict a donald trump presidency. The simpsons, however, predicted a president trump all the way back in 2000, when fox aired an episode entitled bart to the future. Trump presidency predicted by the simpsons youtube. Sixteen years before donald trumps election as us president, the simpsons predicted the tycoon would become leader of the free world the.
He also opened the trump taj mahal in atlantic city on monday april 2, 1990. Back in 2000, in an episode titled bart to the future, the simpsons correctly predicted donald trump would become president of the united states in the future. Prior to his election, trump had been a successful businessman, tv host of the apprentice and real estate developer. In february 2017, an image purportedly showing a still shot from an episode of the longrunning animated television series the simpsons, featuring a depiction of president donald trump lying in a. The simpsons has a grim take on trumps first 100 days. Fox after mocking donald trumps candidacy in a series of digital shorts over the past year, the simpsons showrunners now plan to feature a slant parody of trumps failed forprofit college. The simpsons predicted president trump becoming the us president. This episode of the simpsons predicted a president trump. It originally aired on the fox network in the united states on march 19, 2000. The simpsons predicted a trump presidency 16 years ago. Thats finefoxs animated show seems to be upping its satire game.
The answer is in a classic episode of the simpsons. The simpsons has an eerie knack for predicting the future, from donald trumps presidency to nobel prize winners to disney owning fox. The prediction that trump would one day become president came sixteen years before he was elected to office. Before he was in office, he was known as an american business man, investor, television personality, and author. Last night, america made that prediction come true. Simpsons donald trump 2000 vs trump escalator entrance. A tale of two trumps season 29 the simpsons youtube. Simpsons writer says president trump episode was warning. First donald trumps presidency, then the disneyfox merger and now the coronavirus outbreak. The simpsons has given us some of the best satire of the century and it turns out it also predicted the trump administration and the unprecedentedly weird timeline it would bring. The simpsons warned america that donald trump would one day assume the highest office in the land back in 2000.
Back in 1996, we were given episode 5f09 better known as trash of the titans. The simpsons predicted donald trumps presidency time. In the next episode of the simpsons, an ominous thunderstorm is brewing at 1600 pennsylvania ave. The episode is named bart to the future and in it, lisa is the president of the usa and is attempting to rebuild the economy after donald trump ruined it during. Which simpsons episode predicted president donald trump.
Simpsons writer says president trump episode was warning to us. Besides winning an emmy for outstanding animated program, and giving us the iconic song parody of the candy man, trash of the titans is the explanation for trumps maniacal bender into jackassery. He voiced himself in the episode special trumptastic voyage. The parody, though, is not when the simpsons managed to correctly predict that trump would one day become the president of the united states. The simpsons famously predicted donald trumps rise to the presidency way back in 2000, and now the animated hit series is taking aim at his first one hundred days in office. While aware of the rumors, simpsons showrunners have always claimed to have no foreknowledge of the events depicted on the show. The simpsons predicted a donald trump presidency 16 years ago. Donald john trump born june 14, 1946 is the 45th elected president of the united states. It was somewhat of a throwaway line at the time, but make no mistake, it was included very much on purpose. I always knew the simpsons was a show ahead of its time. That time the simpsons predicted president donald trump. The animated series did feature a joke about donald trumps becoming president in a 2000 episode entitled bart to the future, but since trump had been flirting with the idea of making a. A march 19, 2000, episode of foxs longrunning animated series the simpsons essentially predicted donald trumps impending tenure as president of the united states. Did the simpsons predict the donald trump presidency.
Simpsons writer reveals how he predicted the presidency of donald. An episode of the simpsons that aired on march 19, 2000, predicted that donald trump would be president of the united states. Donald trump, kobe bryants death and now coronavirus. As the show enters its 30th season, it has managed to foreshadow plenty of. The simpsons has given us some of the best satire of the century and it turns out it also predicted the trump administration and the unprecedentedly weird timeline it would bring as the show. Bart to the future is the seventeenth episode of the eleventh season of the american.
The simpsons depicted that president donald trump would touch a glowing orb fifteen years before he actually did so during a trip to the middle east. The simpsons might have already predicted the events of 2020. Lets start with the most widely circulated prediction. But now that donald trump has officially become the united. The simpsons predicted donald trump presidency in episode. In january, well officially get to call him president donald trump. Donald john trump born june 14, 1946 is the 45th elected. S ixteen years ago, the simpsons predicted that donald trump would be president of the united states.
But 16 years ago, on a nowprescient episode of the simpsons, the legendary animated series predicted president trump would. The simpsons predicted donald trump would be president. Simpsons depicts trump escalator scene in 2000, 15 yrs before the actual event predictive programming it seems ive been duped with some disinformation. A fake viral image claims the simpsons predicted trumps. Lisa simpson calls donald trump presidency, increased debt. A viral image that appears to show a simpsons version of donald trump inside a coffin at his funeral is a total fake. His future self visited his now successful younger sister at the white house, allowing the series to show how lisa was doing as potus. Did the simpsons predict that president trump would. The simpsons acknowledge predicting president donald trump. Perhaps the most famous of these socalled simpsons predictions is donald trumps presidency, which the show first joked about in bart to the future 2000. Bart to the future was the second episode of the simpsons to be set in the future. In the old simpsons episode, lisa simpson is elected to succeed trump in the white house and inherits an unmanageable level of national debt the episodes alternate universe. The animated series did feature a joke about donald trumps becoming president in a 2000 episode entitled bart to the future, but since trump had been flirting with the idea of making a presidential run since at least as far back as 1999, such a prediction wasnt as prescient as it might seem in retrospect.
Catch an allnew episode of the simpsons on sun at 87c on fox. Today the simpsons saw the most absurd prediction in its 27year history come true correctly forecasting donald trump would be president. The simpsons predicted a donald trump presidency 16. But, not even i remembered that the show had predicted the idea of. Suze orman, neil degrasse tyson and robert mckee will gueststar in a season 28 episode of the simpsons spoofing donald trumps college.
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