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Bayard

(22,063 posts) Fri Jan 11, 2019, 12:11 AM Jan 2019

OMG, UNBELIEVABLE! 1958 TV Show Predicts Trump And His Wall

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:

www.snopes.com/...

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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OMG, UNBELIEVABLE! 1958 TV Show Predicts Trump And His Wall (Original Post) Bayard Jan 2019 OP

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

greyl

(22,990 posts)

1. Way more strange than syncing The Dark Side of the Moon w The Wizard of Oz. nt

Reply to Bayard (Original post)

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 12:18 AM

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mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

7. You must not have been stoned enough, man :) (nt)

Reply to greyl (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 01:18 AM

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greyl

(22,990 posts)

9. Dude, which time? nt

Reply to mr_lebowski (Reply #7)

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 01:22 AM

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mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

10. I'm not into TIME, man ... (nt)

Reply to greyl (Reply #9)

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 01:27 AM

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greyl

(22,990 posts)

11. Reflect on that.

Reply to mr_lebowski (Reply #10)

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 01:33 AM

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mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

13. You know I do, every day ...

Reply to greyl (Reply #11)

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 01:40 AM

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And then I go look for a cash machine ...

greyl

(22,990 posts)

16. And now back to our irregular programming. nt

Reply to mr_lebowski (Reply #13)

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 02:57 AM

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Quemado

(1,262 posts)

2. Just watched the episode. Wow!!!

Reply to Bayard (Original post)

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 12:19 AM

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Eerily prescient.

Bradshaw3

(7,517 posts)

3. Oh my fucking god and unbelievable is right!

Reply to Bayard (Original post)

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 12:41 AM

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Are you kidding me? It's not like trump is a common name. Incredible. This has to go viral. Thanks for posting.

Bayard

(22,063 posts)

4. I do love that final sentence!

Reply to Bayard (Original post)

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 01:05 AM

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Glimmer of Hope

(5,823 posts)

5. My mind is blown.

Reply to Bayard (Original post)

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 01:11 AM

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sarcasmo

(23,968 posts)

6. Only I know what you need, said every cult leader ever.

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Fri Jan 11, 2019, 01:16 AM

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FM123

(10,053 posts)

8. so many familiar words

Reply to Bayard (Original post)

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 01:21 AM

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especially "you're a liar Trump"

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geralmar This message was self-deleted by its author.

andym

(5,443 posts)

14. The actual dialog is PRICELESS

Reply to Bayard (Original post)

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 02:02 AM

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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trackdown-trump-character-wall/

Narrator: The people were ready to believe. Like sheep they ran to the slaughterhouse. And waiting for them was the high priest of fraud.

Trump: I am the only one. Trust me. I can build a wall around your homes that nothing will penetrate.

Townperson: What do we do? How can we save ourselves?

Trump: You ask how do you build that wall. You ask, and I’m here to tell you.

greyl

(22,990 posts)

15. Truly. nt

Reply to andym (Reply #14)

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 02:49 AM

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mucifer

(23,539 posts)

21. you forgot . "I'll sue you" that was in there, too. That might be in the 22 min version here:

Reply to andym (Reply #14)

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 04:22 AM

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Marcuse

(7,479 posts)

17. Woody Guthrie wrote a song about Old Man Trump around the same time.

Reply to Bayard (Original post)

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 03:06 AM

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Old Man Trump
Words by Woody Guthrie Adapted by Ryan Harvey, Music by Ryan Harvey

I suppose that Old Man Trump knows just how much racial hate
He stirred up in that bloodpot of human hearts
When he drawed that color line
Here at his Beach Haven family project

Beach Haven ain't my home!
No, I just can't pay this rent!
My money's down the drain,
And my soul is badly bent!
Beach Haven is Trump’s Tower
Where no black folks come to roam,
No, no, Old Man Trump!
Old Beach Haven ain't my home!

I'm calling out my welcome to you and your man both
Welcoming you here to Beach Haven
To love in any way you please and to have some kind of a decent place
To have your kids raised up in.

Beach Haven ain't my home!
No, I just can't pay this rent!
My money's down the drain,
And my soul is badly bent!
Beach Haven is Trump’s Tower
Where no black folks come to roam,
No, no, Old Man Trump!
Old Beach Haven ain't my home!