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26th May 2017

WATCH: The Simpsons catch up on Trump at Day 125, and things are as bleak as possible

They go in. Hard.

Rory Cashin

It feels scientifically impossible, but it was only 25 days ago when The Simpsons last extracted the urine on Trump.

Back then, in the innocent days of Day 100, things seemed like there was nowhere to go but up.

And then the next 25 days happened.

You should watch the full clip below, but if you’re just looking for a quick break-down, here’s the “highlights”:

  • It opens with the bleak image of Steve Bannon, Kellyanne Conway and either Stephen Miller or Sean Spicer hanging from nooses.
  • Vice President Pence is rubbing the word “Vice” from his desk sign…
  • Trump is surrounded by books in bed, the titles of which are Two Scoops For Me, How to Lose Friends and Piss Off Israel, and I’m Still Fired by Bill O’Reilly.
  • Jeff Sessions is also there, like some kind of jittery Gollum living under the sheets in the corner of the room.
  • He tries to fix things with now former head of the FBI Comey: “I want a do-over. I have no tapes. Let’s make a deal. You hand all over your notes, and I’ll erase the tapes. I mean, there are no tapes!”
  • Trump is then visited by the ghost of Richard Nixon, who informs him: “I came to thank you, Donald. I’m moving up. Thank to you, I’m now the 44th best president.”
  • There’s something approaching a group hug, but it looks all kinds of awkward.

Even if the episodes of The Simpsons aren’t what they once were, we can all agree that they’ve still got the funny bone when the right muse comes along. Kinda like SNL…

Clip via Animation on FOX

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