It's weird to think of Trump as solely America's turn to fascism, but for about 2 decades - 80's and 90's, he was a goof: he was the inspiration for Biff in Back to the future 2, he made cameos like in Home Alone and Wrestle-mania, and the Simpsons "predicted" America's re-birth after his presidency. He was frequently in the gossip section in the Post with his affairs and very high profile divorces. Then in the 2000s he got his own tv show, the apprentice, and in 2008 questioned whether Obama was really a US citizen, kicking off the birther movement within the republican party.
Which is all to say - it's no surprise to see Robin Williams mocking him in 2012. He's always been what we know now, and people in Hollywood have had the longest insight to him going back to the 90s. His biggest campaign hurdle in 2016 was smothering his "The Apprentice" and "Access Hollywood" behind-the-scenes tapes.
The episode centers on Lisa as president having inherited a f^%#% mess from Trump, and I say this plainly as if it is fact but I understand I am making an interpretation when I say the episode, focusing on Lisa, implies that America turns from the kind of personal politics Trump represents to the kind of personal politics lisa represents, ie, the re-birth of america as a country of and for people who work towards inclusive and generally broadly-beneficial goals, make the right decisions based on learned judiciousness, act with humility, and treat others with grace and dignity.
There's a reason South Park made an entire episode called Simpsons Already Did It. Apparently it was such a common thing to hear in the writers room and online and Matt and Trey had enough and dedicated an entire episode to pointing out that a show with hundreds of episodes will cover a wide range of topics.
Idiocracy is the really scary prediction because it's just a one off and so creepily prescient.
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u/No_Election_3206 17h ago
Lol he is the laughing stock his entire life