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Bayard

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Fri Jan 11, 2019, 12:11 AM Jan 2019

OMG, UNBELIEVABLE! 1958 TV Show Predicts Trump And His Wall [View all]

Sometimes life is just so strange and uncanny!

This is amazing: In 1958, CBS aired an episode of Trackdown in which a con man attempted to sell a town a “wall” in order to protect them from the fake threat of a meteor shower.

Guess what the con man’s name was? Trump.

The show’s main character (Robert Culp) ultimately exposes Trump as a fraud who was plotting with the town’s sheriff to sell the wall, enrich himself and then get out of town. His final words: “You’re under arrest Trump.”

This is like an episode from Twilight Zone, you can’t get any weirder or more prescient!

Snopes agrees with the authenticity of this:

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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/10/1825132/-OMG-UNBELIEVABLE-1958-TV-Show-Predicts-Trump-And-His-Wall?detail=emaildkre
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Way more strange than syncing The Dark Side of the Moon w The Wizard of Oz. nt greyl Jan 2019 #1
You must not have been stoned enough, man :) (nt) mr_lebowski Jan 2019 #7
Dude, which time? nt greyl Jan 2019 #9
I'm not into TIME, man ... (nt) mr_lebowski Jan 2019 #10
Reflect on that. greyl Jan 2019 #11
You know I do, every day ... mr_lebowski Jan 2019 #13
And now back to our irregular programming. nt greyl Jan 2019 #16
Just watched the episode. Wow!!! Quemado Jan 2019 #2
Oh my fucking god and unbelievable is right! Bradshaw3 Jan 2019 #3
I do love that final sentence! Bayard Jan 2019 #4
My mind is blown. Glimmer of Hope Jan 2019 #5
Only I know what you need, said every cult leader ever. sarcasmo Jan 2019 #6
so many familiar words FM123 Jan 2019 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Jan 2019 #12
The actual dialog is PRICELESS andym Jan 2019 #14
Truly. nt greyl Jan 2019 #15
you forgot . "I'll sue you" that was in there, too. That might be in the 22 min version here: mucifer Jan 2019 #21
Woody Guthrie wrote a song about Old Man Trump around the same time. Marcuse Jan 2019 #17
This is One Amazing Thread. calimary Jan 2019 #18
This was discussed in another thread yesterday...here is more... Pachamama Jan 2019 #20
OMG! WHO was the Nostradamus that foresaw this? Duppers Jan 2019 #19
They're getting ready to cover this on Chris Matthews.... Bayard Jan 2019 #22
Watching the whole episode durablend Jan 2019 #23
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