The Simpsons predicted Donald Trump's presidency in a 2000 episode, "Bart to the Future," a move that writer Dan Greaney, in an interview with Hollywood Reporter, called "a warning to America." "It was pitched," he continued, "because it was consistent with the vision of America going insane." Clearly it wasn't a strong enough warning, as evidenced by the events of the past four years, so now The Simpsons are giving it another try with their upcoming Halloween "Treehouse of Horror XXXI" episode. Airing on Sunday, October 18 at 8 PM ET on Fox, Variety reports that the episode opens with a horror that's all too real, and looming ahead of us: the 2020 election.
As you can see in the video clip from the episode below, Homer enters the voting booth, and while he's confident on the majority of his choices ("Amazon Alexa" for Governor included), he's stumped on who to pick for president. He asks if he can write in Judge Judy (I mean, probably better than writing in Kanye?), and then Lisa enters, disbelieving, and asks Homer how he could forget all that's happened over the past four years, while Trump has been president. For anyone who, like Homer, could use a reminder, a list of just 50 examples of Trump's many transgressions scrolls on the screen. Here it is, via Variety:
Made it okay to shoot hibernating bears Put children in cages Called Mexicans rapists Imitated disabled reporter Looks lousy in a tennis outfit Can’t get wife to hold hand Called third world countries ****holes Called Tim Cook ‘Tim Apple’ Said Jewish people who vote Democrat are disloyal Showed top secret documents at Mar-A-Lago restaurant Called white supremacists ‘fine people’ Leaked classified information to Russian ambassador Asked the president of Ukraine to investigate the Bidens Called for China to investigate the Bidens Walked into the dressing room at Miss Teen USA pageant Pressed the Australian prime minister to help Barr investigate Mueller Talked about grabbing ***** Lied about the size of his inauguration Refused to release tax returns Gutted the E.P.A. Confiscated and destroyed interpreter’s notes after meeting with Putin Tweeted classified photo of Iran missile site Called Baltimore a ‘disgusting, rat and rodent-infested mess’ Described Meryl Streep as ‘over-rated’ Leaked information to the press about the 2017 Manchester arena bombing Did not attend any White House correspondents’ dinner Said Megyn Kelly had ‘blood coming out of her whatever’ Called Carly Fiorina ‘horseface’ Ruined impeachment Brought Ivanka to the G7 summit Corrupted Congress Appointed and didn’t fire Betsy DeVos Put Jared in charge of Mideast Served McDonald’s to Clemson football team Destroyed democracy Lost Hong Kong Threatened Marie Yovanovitch Pulled the U.S. out of climate agreement Allowed bounties on soldiers Invaded Portland Withdrew from W.H.O. Bragged about knowing the date Commuted sentences Said to swallow bleach Person, woman, man, camera, TV Destroyed post office Paid $750 in taxes Wants third term Wanted to be on Mount Rushmore And we haven’t even said the worst one
