Dan Greaney, the writer who predicted Donald Trump’s presidency in a 2000 episode of The Simpsons, has announced his own bid for the White House in 2028. The 61-year-old Emmy-winning writer, who calls himself “the prophet,” declared his candidacy in a Tuesday Instagram video.
Dressed in a wizard costume with a robe and grey beard, Greaney criticised Democrats, Republicans, the Trump administration and billionaires. “Trump, Vance, the billionaires, careerists, and cowards in both parties have turned their backs on the United States,” he said. “It’s money, power, and security for them, but not for you.”
Greaney initially said he wished he could help but wasn’t a lawyer, before revealing he had in fact attended law school, graduated and passed the bar. “Screw it, I can be a politician,” he said, throwing off the costume to reveal a suit. “I’m running for president. My platform: America for all. Let’s do this.”
According to his Instagram page, Greaney is running as an independent on a “progressive Republican” platform advocating for universal healthcare and a return to morals. He is best known for predicting Trump’s presidency 16 years early in a Simpsons episode where Lisa Simpson becomes president and inherits financial problems from a then-fictional Trump administration.
In a June 2025 video, Greaney predicted Trump would be removed from office by the end of that year, a forecast that did not come to pass. In a new post on Monday, he said: “Our crisis is bigger than Trump and Vance and the billionaires and the Republican party. Spineless Democrats refuse to stand up for us even when they had the chance.”
