Still Waters Posted January 16, 2017 #1 Share Posted January 16, 2017 In November 2016, a clip from an episode of the 1950s western television series Trackdown was published to YouTube, along with the claim that it "predicted Donald Trump" by featuring a snake oil salesman character named "Trump" who claimed that only he could prevent the end of the world ... by building a wall around the town: http://www.snopes.com/trackdown-trump-character-wall/ 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashotep Posted January 16, 2017 #2 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Saw this about a week ago. Couldn't believe the snake oil salesman name was Trump and he was building a wall around the town, how weird. Seen Donald mentioned on Newhart, the one that takes place in Vermont, and Designing Women. On Designing Women the size of his stick was brought up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyuk Posted January 16, 2017 #3 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Not sure bout this but didnt the simpsons cartoon once show Trump running for president? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowBoy86x Posted January 16, 2017 #4 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Lol whats the point tho? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlitterRose Posted January 16, 2017 #5 Share Posted January 16, 2017 This is hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyuk Posted January 16, 2017 #6 Share Posted January 16, 2017 (edited) It was aired in year 2000 it was just a comedy view but oddly enough it made the news when Trump actually won the election followed by the usual flurry of predicting the future comments I don't reckon it was a prediction. It was simply a coincidence GoogleTrump Simpsons to view it it was pretty funny Edited January 16, 2017 by nyuk add info 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted January 16, 2017 #7 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Has anyone tried to correlate the prophecies of our old friend Nostradamus to the irresistible rise of the Trump? I'm sure someone must have. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyuk Posted January 16, 2017 #8 Share Posted January 16, 2017 1 hour ago, Manfred von Dreidecker said: Has anyone tried to correlate the prophecies of our old friend Nostradamus to the irresistible rise of the Trump? I'm sure someone must have. I'm sure that's been done but I haven't found it yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlitterRose Posted January 16, 2017 #9 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Just now, nyuk said: I'm sure that's been done but I haven't found it yet Oh I saw it here at some point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likely Guy Posted January 16, 2017 #10 Share Posted January 16, 2017 1 hour ago, Manfred von Dreidecker said: Has anyone tried to correlate the prophecies of our old friend Nostradamus to the irresistible rise of the Trump? I'm sure someone must have. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyuk Posted January 16, 2017 #11 Share Posted January 16, 2017 1 minute ago, Likely Guy said: Well found. Thank you it saved me searching for it but we all knew it would be around 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted January 16, 2017 #12 Share Posted January 16, 2017 40 minutes ago, Likely Guy said: I thought there must be. That thread makes quite an entertaining read. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spunned Posted February 8, 2017 #13 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Considering how many "predictions" are made around the world, regarding different scenarios and such, it's not that crazy to think that certain "predictions" come true. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolguy Posted February 10, 2017 #14 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Omg how stupid, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightScreams Posted February 12, 2017 #15 Share Posted February 12, 2017 This is really reaching into the bottom of the barrel. They didn't predict anything. coincidence is a reality in a world with billions of people and trillions upon trillions of ideas and stories. I could sit here and make up all kinds of stories and there's a chance that eventually one might coincide with something that happens in the future. Multiply that by generations of people with stories and just about everything happening today can be drudged from some story of the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted February 12, 2017 #16 Share Posted February 12, 2017 5 hours ago, NightScreams said: This is really reaching into the bottom of the barrel. They didn't predict anything. coincidence is a reality in a world with billions of people and trillions upon trillions of ideas and stories. I could sit here and make up all kinds of stories and there's a chance that eventually one might coincide with something that happens in the future. Multiply that by generations of people with stories and just about everything happening today can be drudged from some story of the past. Yes, but to get the name "Trump", which isn't such a common name as, for example, Smith or Jones or O'Shaughnessy, was pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightScreams Posted February 12, 2017 #17 Share Posted February 12, 2017 12 hours ago, Manfred von Dreidecker said: Yes, but to get the name "Trump", which isn't such a common name as, for example, Smith or Jones or O'Shaughnessy, was pretty good. Trump is a surname of English and German origin. Census records for America show us that the Trump name has been in use since at least 1840. A quick google example shows " NAME: John W Trump BIRTH: abt 1863 - Ohio So it appears to be a common enough name, likely moreso when this film was made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted February 12, 2017 #18 Share Posted February 12, 2017 I've never heard of anyone else with that name, unlike, say, O'bama, which is of course a very common Irish name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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