It is now well known that the popular American sitcom “The Simpsons” accurately predicted a number of significant world events well in advance of their actual occurrence. Now it seems that the program had ostensibly predicted that Donald Trump would run for president in 2024.
Donald Trump declared on Tuesday that he would be running for office a third time. Al Jean, the producer of “The Simpsons,” tweeted a picture from a 2015 episode of the show in which Homer Simpson is seen flying while a “Trump 2024” campaign sign is in the background, shortly after the news broke.
“As predicted in 2015,” Jean wrote alongside the image, which comes from a short that was released on YouTube, titled “Trumptastic Voyage.”
Homer travels on “an extraordinary journey” in the episode after having “a close encounter with Donald Trump’s hairpiece.”
The Simpsons and the former president have a long-standing friendship. His bid for the presidency was eerily foreshadowed by the series in an earlier episode from 2000.
Along with other things, Simpsons had foreseen Kamala Harris’ bid for the vice presidency, tampered voting machines, Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox, and The Rolling Stones’ ability to perform well into old age and the Russia-Ukraine war.