The Simpson's predicted Trump's political rise

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Iconic cartoon The Simpsons predicted the political rise of reality TV star Donald Trump 16 years ago, in what was then described as "a comedy of improbability".

In the flash-forward Season 11 episode Bart To The Future in 2000, an adult Lisa becomes president after a disastrous Trump administration.

"As you know, we've inherited quite a budget crunch from President Trump," President Simpson says.

"How bad is it, Secretary Van Houten?""We're broke," is the response from a grown-up Millhouse.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11603439

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1. Snopes says: FALSE

Trump is already improbable enough.

The images from The Simpsons shown on the left-hand side of the above-displayed graphic did not originate in 2000, however. They were taken from a short video entitled "Trumpastic Voyage" which was posted to the "Animation Domination" YouTube channel page on 7 July 2015, after Trump had announced that he would be seeking the Republican presidential nomination for 2016:

http://www.snopes.com/simpsons-trump-prediction/

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2. There was some question about that? Somebody thought this might be true?

It needs to be debunked? Hmm.

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3. ?

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4. OK, comics predict elections. Got it. nt

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5. You're making the same mistake, again.

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6. It's not a mistake.

It's fake, I got it, I'm just surprised anybody took it seriously enough to debunk it. It's kind of obviously fake, a troll. I guess I see so many now.

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7. I poop parties expeditiously

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8. You're doing good work.

I apologize for spreading these lies.