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The Simpsons lash Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office

According to <i>The Simpsons</i>, Donald Trump's achievements in office include 700 new Twitter followers.

According to The Simpsons, Donald Trump's achievements in office include 700 new Twitter followers. Photo: YouTube

The Simpsons accurately predicted Donald Trump’s presidency 16 years in advance, so it’s only fair the animated series gets to relish in the controversial President’s first 100 days in office.

The show’s writers have produced an animated short depicting imagined scenes in the White House three months after the real estate tycoon and former host of The Apprentice was inaugurated.

It’s not going well – White House press secretary Sean Spicer has taken his own life, counsellor Kellyanne Conway has bailed and senior advisor Jared Kushner is fighting with chief strategist Steve Bannon.

Meanwhile, President Trump remains blissfully unaware, reclining in an ornate bed and listing his many achievements, including “lowering my golf handicap” and “increasing my Twitter following by 700”.

Daughter Ivanka is also thriving – she’s a Supreme Court Justice and is using the new platform to sell clothing and accessories.

Back home at the Simpson house, it’s all a bit too much for Marge, who’s popping Prozac pills as Grandpa is taken away by armed police.

“Help, they’re taking me back to where I came from!” he cries, in a clear reference to Mr Trump’s sweeping immigration overhaul.

The minute-and-a-half clip ends with message that the clip was paid for by the “Anybody Else 2020” campaign.

Mr Trump has provided the show’s writers with plenty of material since his January 20 inauguration, with the show often using wealthy villain Mr Burns as a proxy for many of Mr Trump’s real-life actions.

In 2016, writer-producer Dan Greaney said that a 2000 episode he penned, in which Mr Trump was the President, was meant to serve as a “warning to America”, rather than an accurate prediction.

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