The simpsons predicted a donald trump presidency 16 years ago in a 2000 episode titled bart to the future. In the episode, bart simpson gets a glimpse of his future only to find that hes pretty much a loser, while his sister. Donald john trump born june 14, 1946 is the 45th elected president of the united states. On november 8, 2016, trump was elected as the 45th president of the united states. The simpsons acknowledge predicting president donald trump in. The simpsons predicted donald trump presidency 16 years ago. In this clip from season 11s bart to the future episode 15 years ago, lisa simpson proud to be the first. In the flashforward episode, bart simpson takes a trip to the white house to visit. Donald trump simpsons episode donald trump became president predicted by the simpsons in 2000. Mar 20, 2016 the simpsons predicted a donald trump presidency 16 years ago. 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 enters its 30th season, it has managed to foreshadow plenty of random things that were to come.
Nov 09, 2016 a march 19, 2000, episode of foxs longrunning animated series the simpsons essentially predicted donald trumps impending tenure as president of the united states in the season 11 episode. An episode of the beloved american sitcom that aired almost exactly 16 years agoon march 19, 2000features donald trump as president of the united states, presiding over a broken economy. Simpsons writer reveals how he predicted the presidency of. This episode of the simpsons predicted a president trump. Before long, the predictions of the worldcelebrated tv arrangement the simpson and bulgarian prophet baba vanga rung a bell. Nov 09, 2016 this episode of the simpsons predicted a president trump. The outbreak became all too real more than a decade later. And this wasnt the only time the writers have managed to predict the future. In the opening montage, bart simpson is seen writing a note on the school. Kind of funny simpsons episode where lisa simpson calls the donald trump presidency, increased debt. The simpsons correctly and shockingly predicted donald trump would be americas president in an episode aired way back in 2000, where lisa refers to inheriting quite a budget crunch from. 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. A tale of two trumps season 29 the simpsons youtube.
The simpsons skewers donald trump in 100 days episode. Suze orman, neil degrasse tyson and robert mckee will gueststar in a season 28 episode of the simpsons spoofing donald trump s college. Origin 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. Here are the subtleties of the donald trump claims. The simpsons predicted a donald trump presidency 16 years. 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 simpsons addresses its 2000 prediction of donald trump. May 09, 2019 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. Simpsons writer says president trump episode was warning. Donald trump and hillary clinton have consolidated their leading positions in this weeks primaries. Back in 2000, the seventeenth episode of season 11, titled bart to the future, saw the show explore the future through bart.
Mar 17, 2016 if predicting trumps rise in 2015 was tough, imagine doing it in 2000. The simpsons predicted greta thunbergs clash with trump. The simpsons predicted president trump way back in 2000. Nov 09, 2016 the simpsons predicted a donald trump presidency 16 years ago in a 2000 episode titled bart to the future. 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. In the oddly prophetic episode, bart simpson is shown a grim vision of his life in his 30s. The simpsons, however, predicted a president trump all the way back in 2000, when fox aired an episode entitled bart to the future. The pictures that came after him affirmed the claims. It was somewhat of a throwaway line at the time, but make no mistake, it was included very much on purpose. The simpsons predicted president trump becoming the us president. In the next episode of the simpsons, an ominous thunderstorm.
Did the simpsons predict a donald trump presidency. A march 19, 2000, episode of foxs longrunning animated series the simpsons essentially predicted donald trumps impending tenure as president of the united states. Simpsons depicts trump escalator scene in 2000, 15 yrs before the actual event predictive programming it seems ive been duped with some disinformation. 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 his term as president. In hardly kirking, trump is revealed to have written a childrens book titled youre tired, based on his. Apr 27, 2017 the simpsons has a grim take on trumps first 100 days. The simpsons exists in the futurama universe as a tv show the parody, though, is not when the simpsons managed to correctly predict that trump would one day become the president of the united states. It was pitched because it was consistent with the vision of america going insane.
The simpsons acknowledge predicting president donald trump. Which simpsons episode predicted president donald trump. In an episode aired in 2003, donald trump was seen as the president. Fans of the simpsons believe the show predicted greta thunbergs clash with donald trump over her climate change campaign. Foxs hit animated show the simpsons has parodied donald trump becoming president on multiple occasions, but they predicted his election many years before. Bart to the future, simpsons episode predicts donald trump. Donald trump, kobe bryants death and now coronavirus. In the oddly prophetic episode, bart simpson is shown a grim. In one of the episodes of the muchloved us cartoon, the character lisa. Lisa simpson calls donald trump presidency, increased debt. Bart to the future is the seventeenth episode of the eleventh season of the american animated television sitcom the simpsons. The simpsons predicted a donald trump presidency business. Theres no question the simpsons is best known for its characters, their yellow designs, and the comedy it routinely delivers.
Just ask the simpsons in the season 11 episode bart to the future, future president lisa simpson and secretary van houten or. Aug 10, 2015 donald trump s 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 trump presidency in a surreal episode where. The simpsons correctly predicted a donald trump would be. The simpsons has a grim take on trumps first 100 days. Scenes from a 2015 simpsons youtube post trumptastic voyage which references reallife scenes of donald trump around that time have been mistakenly identified as those from bart to the future. That time lisa simpson predicted president donald trump video. Thats finefoxs animated show seems to be upping its satire game. If predicting trump s rise in 2015 was tough, imagine doing it in 2000. That was 16 years ago, when they wrote an episode called bart to the future, with grownup lisa simpson.
And, when it comes to politics, it somehow managed to churn out episodes. Did the simpsons predict the donald trump presidency. Jan 28, 2020 the claims that donald trump passed on were out of nowhere episode. The acquisition of 21st century fox by disney happened on the show in the 1998 episode when you dish upon a star, nearly 20years before the disneyfox merger.
Nov 09, 2016 lisa simpson s dialogue in a 2000 episode of the simpsons predicted president trump and he made the entire country go broke in bart to the future. I always knew the simpsons was a show ahead of its time. The simpsons predicted a donald trump presidency 16. Trump presidency predicted by the simpsons cnn video. The simpsons correctly predicted a donald trump would be president 16 years ago in an episode set in the near future today the simpsons saw the most absurd prediction in its 27year history come. Mar 17, 2016 simpsons writer says president trump episode was warning to us. Sep 24, 2015 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.
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. A possible future trump presidency, said the episodes writer dan greaney, just seemed like the logical last stop before hitting bottom. Trump presidency predicted by the simpsons youtube. Simpsons writer says president trump episode was warning to. He is able to see the future after an encounter with the manager of a casino and witnesses what life is like roughly 30 years from then. From trump to coronavirus, how the simpsons keeps predicting.
The simpsons predicted donald trump presidency 16 years. An episode of the simpsons that aired on march 19, 2000, predicted that donald trump would be president of the united states. Like many of its futurelooking episodes over the years, the simpsons has proved uncannily, if scarily, prescient. Heres the scariest thing about the simpsons episode that. In this clip from season 11s bart to the future episode. Nov 14, 2016 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. In an episode aired in 2000, the show portrays a gr. The creator of the simpsons talks to guardian cartoonist first dog on the moon about his art, and tells how an episode 16 years ago showing donald trump in the white house was the most absurd joke. He also opened the trump taj mahal in atlantic city on monday april 2, 1990. An episode of the simpsons that aired on march 19, 2000, predicted. Jul 29, 2015 way back in 2000, a donald trump presidency was still a joke. South park just announecd itll stay on the air until 2019, putting it in the 300 episode club with the simpsons.
Watch lisa simpson reference donald trump s presidency at 0. Nov 14, 2016 but the venerable fox toon doesnt seem all that thrilled with its prediction of a donald trump presidency the one it made during a 2000 episode titled bart to the future. Nov 09, 2016 today the simpsons saw the most absurd prediction in its 27year history come true correctly forecasting donald trump would be president. The simpsons knew a donald trump presidency was a joke 15. Origin 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. Sixteen years ago almost to the day the simpsons did just that. The simpsons has an eerie knack for predicting the future, from donald trump s presidency to the u. Nov 09, 2016 an episode of the simpsons that aired on march 19, 2000, predicted that donald trump would be president of the united states. Lisa simpson apandrew harnikfox salon heres the scariest thing about the simpsons episode that predicted president trump in bart to the future, president lisa simpson faces. But, not even i remembered that the show had predicted the idea of president donald trump way back in 2000. An image showing a cartoon donald trump in a coffin was purportedly featured on the simpsons animated tv series. The simpsons predicted donald trump presidency in episode. 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.
Mar 17, 2016 it was somewhat of a throwaway line at the time, but make no mistake, it was included very much on purpose. Nearly 17 years ago, an episode of the simpsons predicted that donald trump would one day become us president. Donald trump makes one last try to patch things up with comey season 28 the simpsons duration. The simpsons predicted a donald trump presidency in 2000. It originally aired on the fox network in the united states on march 19, 2000. He voiced himself in the episode special trumptastic voyage. In the episode, after their picnic in the park is cut short due to a mosquito infestation. Before he was in office, he was known as an american business man, investor, television personality, and author. Simpsons writer reveals how he predicted the presidency of donald trump.