The Simpsons Episode · 2000
Lisa becomes president and mentions inheriting a massive budget deficit from President Trump.
What Really Happened · 2016
Donald Trump was elected 45th President in 2016, and again in 2024.
2016
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In 'Bart to the Future', President Lisa Simpson opens her first cabinet briefing with the line: 'As you know, we've inherited quite a budget crunch from President Trump' — writer Dan Greaney later called the episode 'a warning to America.' On November 8, 2016 — sixteen years after it aired — Donald Trump was elected the 45th President of the United States, and again in 2024. The most famous and precisely worded prediction in television history.
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foreshadowed real-world events. This prediction appeared in S11E17 ("Bart to the Future"), which aired in 2000.
It was confirmed true in 2016.
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