# The Simpsons did it (called President Trump... 16 years ago) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 9, 2016, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-did-it-called-president-trump-16-years-ago/771173 "2016-11-09T09:27:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-did-it-called-president-trump-16-years-ago/771173/1 "2016-11-09T09:27:06Z")
[Wow, this is spooky.](http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/simpsons-predicted-president-trump-16-9224164) > [@](#): > > Last month, the creator of the show, Matt Groening, told The Guardian : "We predicted that he would be president back in 2000 – but (Trump) was of course the most absurd placeholder joke name that we could think of at the time, and that’s still true. > > “It’s beyond satire.” ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-did-it-called-president-trump-16-years-ago/771173/2 "2016-11-09T14:39:07Z")
Bloom County [did it first.](https://theringer.com/donald-trump-bloom-county-slumlord-73a0f5ca3c17?gi=25c9c7fa44fd) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-did-it-called-president-trump-16-years-ago/771173/3 "2016-11-10T20:42:08Z")
Well, they also “predicted” that Lisa would be the first (non gay) female president and that Fox would become a hardcore porn network by 2012. In other words, their track record is not so hot. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-did-it-called-president-trump-16-years-ago/771173/4 "2016-11-10T20:47:40Z")
Yes and no. They did mention President Trump back in 2000 but he had been talking about running before that. They didn’t just pull the name out of thin air. Also the meme that is going around with Trump on the escalator? That was from something that the Simpsons did last year. It looks exactly like the real life scene because it was copying it not predicting it. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-did-it-called-president-trump-16-years-ago/771173/5 "2016-11-10T20:59:32Z")
I was thinking more **Idiocracy** myself. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-did-it-called-president-trump-16-years-ago/771173/6 "2016-11-10T21:04:41Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Well, they also “predicted” that Lisa would be the first (non gay) female president and that Fox would become a hardcore porn network by 2012. > > In other words, their track record is not so hot. Oh, I dunno: Since Hillary didn’t win, Lisa’s still got a shot at the former. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-did-it-called-president-trump-16-years-ago/771173/7 "2016-11-10T22:32:49Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Oh, I dunno: Since Hillary didn’t win, Lisa’s still got a shot at the former. Well something has to change first. She’s been 8 years old for the last 28 years. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-did-it-called-president-trump-16-years-ago/771173/8 "2016-11-10T23:09:46Z")
President Elect Comacho! ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-did-it-called-president-trump-16-years-ago/771173/9 "2016-11-10T23:13:32Z")
I have been searching for a date for this [online article](http://michaelmoore.com/trumpwillwin/), but it looks like Michael Moore also called it awhile ago. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-did-it-called-president-trump-16-years-ago/771173/10 "2016-11-11T00:49:24Z")
> [@simster](#): > > I was thinking more **Idiocracy** myself. > [@swampspruce](#): > > President Elect Comacho! No shit! That movie was a documentary. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-did-it-called-president-trump-16-years-ago/771173/11 "2016-11-11T18:59:41Z")
There was an early Bones ep where Temperance was talking about running for President and they brought up Trump wanting to run, too. They (Bones and Booth) both laughed at the idea.