The Simpsons just made the best nod to getting their prediction of President Trump right
The cartoon appears to have addressed its prediction about Donald Trump winning the US presidential election 16 years before the results
NEWS that The Simpsons could have predicted Donald Trump winning the US election sent shockwaves across the globe last week.
The speculation stems from an episode called Bart to the Future that was screened in the year 2000, in which Lisa speaks to a group of advisers about “inheriting quite a budget crunch from President Trump”.
And now in the first episode to air since the Republican’s rise to power was announced, creators of the show have thrown in a reference to their previous forecast.
In the iconic opening credits when Bart Simpson is seen writing lines on a chalkboard before the school bell rings, this week's episode features the phrase: "Being Right Sucks."
The show's long-time writer Dan Greaney revealed on Thursday how the prediction of a Trump presidency came about.
He said the episode, in which Lisa is the current president, was "a warning to America".
"That just seemed like the logical stop before hitting (rock) bottom," said Dan.
"What we needed was for Lisa to have problems beyond her fixing, that everything went as bad as it possibly could, and that's why we had Trump be president before her."
Earlier this year Simpsons creator Matt Groening told they used Trump because he was "the most absurd placeholder joke name that we could think of".
Bart's chalkboard is often used to poke fun at celebrities, current affairs and even been used to pay tribute to late cast members such as Maria Wallace who played Edna Krabappel.
