Back in 2020, when Donald Trump was the President of the USA, a picture of him in animated form lying in a coffin went viral. The claim was that The Simpsons had predicted his demise, which would happen on August 27, the very same year. We are now in 2024, and no such thing has happened. However, in the wake of the assassination attempt carried out on Trump’s life on July 13, 2024, the image is going viral again with the claim that The Simpsons had once predicted the President-candidate for the Republican party would die and they have failed spectacularly in their prediction since Trump survived the attempt. August 27 ‘Simpsons Prediction’ About Donald Trump and This TikTok Meme Has Got Netizens Excited, Know What is The Buzz Around This Date.
However, we have to say here that while we share the Republicans’ relief that their favourite Presidential candidate has survived the attempt on his life, we also have to add here that The Simpsons did not fail in their prediction. For they have not made the prediction in the first place!
Netizens Sharing The Viral Image With The False Claim:
#Simpsons Predictions#Donald_Trump 👱🏻♂️ pic.twitter.com/TiYadWggxo
— The 13th ١٣📜🪶Warrior (@strange16892330) July 14, 2024
‘Prediction Fail’
This is the first time i’ve seen a Simpsons prediction fail😭 pic.twitter.com/UFN9jT7aTf
— kira 👾 (@kirawontmiss) July 13, 2024
‘Donald Trump & The Simpsons’
Donald Trump & The Simpsons#simpsonlar #thesimpsons #simpsons #simpson #predictions #reality #simpsonlarkehanetleri #simpsonlardizisi #mattgroening #knowing #trump #DonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/pQG2sFUCCb
— Simpsonlar Dizisi (@simpsonlardizi) July 14, 2024
‘Our Reality’
#Simpsons #Prophecy #Trump2024 #Trump #AssassinationAttempt
Yet again, another Simpson’s scene unfolding in “our reality” – Will #DonaldTrump be able to escape 2024? pic.twitter.com/pFNSXA5hNN
— Joseph McGowen (@J_D_McGowen) July 14, 2024
The Simpsons Did Not Air Any Episode Showing Trump’s Death
While we are not sure of where the viral image has come from, but there has been no such episode in The Simpsons that predicted his death. Even though ‘Trump’ has appeared a couple of times on the long-running animated show, they did not show him meeting his maker ever. Donald Trump Reacts a Day After Failed Assassination Attempt, Says ‘We Will Remain Defiant in Face of Wickedness’.
In fact this image has been going viral for nearly a decade when this Buzzfeed article busted this viral image back in 2017 that was circulating with the same claim.
So this is one more fake prediction made in the name of The Simpsons that has gone bust, amongst others that have ranged from the 9/11 Twin Tower attacks to the Oceangate incident.
Fact check
Claim :
The Simpsons predicted Donald Trump’s death.
Conclusion :
False. No such episode has been aired.
(The above story first appeared on Today News 24 on Jul 15, 2024 01:12 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website todaynews24.top).