'The Simpsons' respond to predicting Trump's win

How The Simpsons' writers knew Donald Trump would become president in 2000 is a mystery.

But sixteen years ago, the cartoon predicted a Trump administration— by showing Lisa in the Oval Office, saying that America "inherited quite a budget crunch from President Trump.”

On Sunday night's new episode, the show alluded to their fateful prediction in the opening credits, showing Bart's famous chalkboard reading, "Being right (expletive)."

Simpsons writer Dan Greaney, who worked on the original 2000 episode, explained to the Washington Post why the show chose Trump as their fictitious president.

“He seems like a Simpsons-esque figure — he fits right in there, in an over-the-top way," he said. "But now that he’s running for president, I see that in a much darker way...He seemed kind of lovable in the old days, in a blowhard way."

The political themes extended beyond the opening credits on Sunday's Simpsons: Grandpa Simpson is unable to secure a doctor's appointment at the local V.A. hospital (with its waitlist of 23 years), so the family heads to Cuba for inexpensive medical care.

Watch the show's animated take on a Trump presidency from earlier this year below.