Published 13:17 IST, August 28th 2020
Did 'The Simpsons' predict President Donald Trump's demise on August 27?
'The Simpsons' conspiracy theories suggest that the show actually predicted President Donald Trump's death on August 27, 2020. However, this is not true.
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Simpsons is longest-running scripted series that has been airing since 1989. Though through years content of series has been changed drastically to fit current political and societal environment, show primarily revolves around Simpsons family and its bizarre ventures in ir Springfield town. Simpsons has an eerie knack for predicting future, from Donald Trump's presidency to faulty voting machines in 2008 US election.
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ir wildest prediction hinted at Donald Trump's presidency which actually came true. Lisa's character could be seen stating, ''We inherited quite budget crunch from President Trump''. episode h aired back in 2000 and Donald Trump was elected as president 16 years later. For past few days, photos are doing rounds on Twitter suggesting that Simpsons h predicted that Donald Trump would die on August 27. However, claim is absolutely false.
Did Simpsons predict Trump's death?
viral photo showed an animated Trump lying in a casket and is convincing eugh for viewers to believe that it is from one of show's episodes. However, im is a doctored version that never appeared in Simpsons show. Check out post.
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Earlier, show was considered to have predicted that actor Tom Hanks would test positive for COVID-19 and world would be in self-isolation after a virus outbreak. However, se turned out to be false claims which Simpsons never me. On or hand, one wild conspiracy ory also claimed that death of George Floyd which sparked a nationwide Black Live matter movement in USA was also predicted by show which was also false. One of ir most infamously true conspiracy ories predicted that 20th Century Fox studios would be bought by Disney. This actually happened in 2018. As of w, Simpsons' IP w belongs to Disney which has also brought upon a significant change in show.
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13:17 IST, August 28th 2020