Last night, america made that prediction come true. Neither the simpsonss prophecies nor prophecies about donald trump are limited. The simpsons correctly predicted a donald trump would be president 16 years ago in an episode set in the near future. Prior to his election, trump had been a successful businessman, tv host of the apprentice and real estate. In the next episode of the simpsons, an ominous thunderstorm is brewing at 1600 pennsylvania ave. The real estate mogul didnt make an appearance, but his presidency is. The prediction that trump would one day become president came sixteen years before he was elected to office. It was somewhat of a throwaway line at the time, but make no mistake, it was included very much on purpose. But, not even i remembered that the show had predicted the idea of. As the show enters its 30th season, it has managed to foreshadow plenty of. The simpsons predicted a donald trump presidency 16 years ago. He voiced himself in the episode special trumptastic voyage. S ixteen years ago, the simpsons predicted that donald trump would be president of the united states.
Simpsons writer says president trump episode was warning to us. Donald john trump born june 14, 1946 is the 45th elected president of the. Bart to the future, simpsons episode predicts donald trump. While aware of the rumors, simpsons showrunners have always claimed to have no foreknowledge of the events depicted on the show.
Watch the simpsons predict president trump in 2000 almost exactly 16 years ago, the simpsons joked trump would become president, bankrupting the country. The simpsons predicted the future once again when donald trump was elected president of the united states. The simpsons predicted donald trump would be president. This episode of the simpsons predicted a president trump.
Bart to the future is the seventeenth episode of the eleventh season of the american animated television sitcom the simpsons. Trump presidency predicted by the simpsons youtube. The simpsons takes aim at donald trump in new video. It originally aired on the fox network in the united states on march 19, 2000. 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. Simpsons writer reveals how he predicted the presidency of. Donald trump presidency seventeen years ago in an episode titled bart to the future, lisa becomes president after donald trump, apparently. The simpsons might have already predicted the events of 2020. 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. 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 is a gracie films production in association with 20th. The simpsons has a grim take on trumps first 100 days. Like when the show predicted donald trump would be president. 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. The simpsons predicted president trump way back in 2000. Donald trumps first 100 days in office season 28 the. Donald trump thanked his family and supporters on tuesday as he celebrated wins in several key state primaries. Simpsons writer says president trump episode was warning. This image was frequently shared along with messages stating that the simpsons were foretelling. Simpsons writer reveals how he predicted the presidency of donald trump.
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 coffin, was circulated on social media. Lets start with the most widely circulated prediction. His future self visited his now successful younger sister at the white house, allowing the series to show how lisa was doing as potus. In season 11, the simpsons predicted a donald trump presidency in the 2000 episode bart to the future. Trump presidency predicted by the simpsons cnn video. No, not black mirror, but the simpsons, which hilariously at the time predicted a trump presidency back in 2000 in the season 11 outing bart to the future. Did the simpsons predict a donald trump presidency. Brooks, matt groening and al jean are the executive producers.
The simpsons made this prediction in a rather offhand way though, as lisa was the current president in the future bart saw. Images from the the simpsons showing donald trumps. South park just announecd itll stay on the air until 2019, putting it in the 300 episode club with the simpsons. Donald trump, kobe bryants death and now coronavirus. But 16 years ago, on a nowprescient episode of the simpsons, the legendary animated series predicted president trump would. Did the simpsons predict that president trump would. The simpsons predicted a donald trump presidency 16. The simpsons has been making audiences laugh since 1989, but a forward. Before he was in office, he was known as an american business man, investor, television personality, and author.
Which simpsons episode predicted president donald trump. Sight gags abound the moment trump appears, dressed in. 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. There, bart is prevented from entering because of his age. 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 story showed lisa sitting in the oval office having inherited a budget crunch from president trump. A fake viral image claims the simpsons predicted trumps. The video saves the bulk of its derision, though, for republican candidate and frequent simpsons target donald trump. The simpsons tackled the issue in the 1996 episode much apu about nothing in which a typical topsyturvy simpsons plot starts with a bear and ends up with mayor quimby blaming high taxes on. Simpsons donald trump 2000 vs trump escalator entrance. The simpsons correctly predicted a donald trump would be. The simpsons predicted donald trump presidency in episode. A march 19, 2000, episode of foxs longrunning animated series the simpsons essentially predicted donald trumps impending tenure as.
Which simpsons episode predicted president donald trump the simpsons predicted the future once again when donald trump was elected president of the united states. That time the simpsons predicted president donald trump. The simpsons predicted donald trumps presidency time. The simpsons is a gracie films production in association with 20th century fox television. 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 warned america that donald trump would one day assume the highest office in the land back in 2000.
Suze orman, neil degrasse tyson and robert mckee will gueststar in a season 28 episode of the simpsons spoofing donald trumps college. In the episode, after their picnic in the park is cut short due to a mosquito infestation, the simpsons stop by at an indian casino. Catch an allnew episode of the simpsons on sun at 87c on fox. Sometimes the simpsons is like a magic 8ball that can seem to hold all the answers. 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 simpsons, however, predicted a president trump all the way back in 2000, when fox aired an episode entitled bart to the future. The simpsons predicted a trump presidency 16 years ago. Donald john trump born june 14, 1946 is the 45th elected president of the united states. So, fans can add this to the number of the simpsons accurate predictions, including donald trump. A fake viral image claims the simpsons predicted trumps death in office. An episode of the simpsons that aired on march 19, 2000, predicted that donald trump would be president of the united states.
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