In a 2000 episode of popular cartoon, The Simpsons
titled Bart To The Future, Donald Trump was president. The iconic cartoon’s creator, Matt Groening,
said Trump was the most absurd joke name they could think of at that time and that was why his character was featured:
‘Trump was of course the most absurd placeholder joke name that we
could think of at the time, and that’s still true. It’s beyond
satire.’
Dan Greaney, a writer for the Simpsons also said that the clip
had a dark message behind it:
‘It was a warning to America. That just seemed like the logical last
stop before hitting bottom. It was pitched because it was consistent
with the vision of America going insane.’
According to the plot of that episode, Lisa Simpson inherited a tattered
economy from President Trump. In the episode she said:
‘We’ve inherited quite a budget
crunch from President Trump. How bad does it get?’ Her staff let her
know in graph form that her country is broke due to her predecessor.
The president in waiting also appeared in another episode last year titled Trumptastic Voyage.