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stated on February 11, 2025 in Facebook posts:

An episode of “The Simpsons” showed a President Donald Trump-like character in a coffin and predicted Feb. 14 would be the “day everything changes.”

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‘The Simpsons’ didn’t predict that Donald Trump would die on Feb. 14

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  • The video was previously shared on a TikTok account that features videos created with artificial intelligence.

  • The version of President Donald Trump that has been featured in "The Simpsons" is not animated the same way as the Trump in the Facebook posts.

  • The claim that "The Simpsons" featured Trump inside a coffin has been circulating since at least 2017, when it was debunked by Snopes and found to have originated on the online forum 4chan.

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The animated show “The Simpsons” has been wrongly credited with predicting several global events, including the Los Angeles wildfires, COVID-19 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Most recently, Facebook posts show “The Simpsons” foreseeing President Donald Trump’s death on Valentine’s Day.

“February 14, 2025. It could be the day everything changes. And the most unsettling part. The Simpsons already predicted it,” a Feb. 11 Facebook post’s video said. The post featured videos of an animated Trump and characters resembling those in “The Simpsons.” 

“In a little remembered episode, ‘The Simpsons’ show a shocking scene,” the video said. “A character eerily similar to Donald Trump lies in a coffin, surrounded by political figures in complete silence. The strange part — a clock in the background shows 2:14.”

This post was flagged as part of Meta’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and Threads.)

But the video in the post is not from “The Simpsons.” We did a reverse image search of a screenshot from the video and found it was previously posted Feb. 9 on an account that posts videos created with artificial intelligence. The video also has an “AI” label on it.

A Simpsons fan page says that Trump’s likeness appeared in 11 episodes. The Trump from those episodes is not animated the same way as the Trump in the Facebook posts.

The claim that “The Simpsons” featured Trump inside a coffin has been circulating since at least 2017. Snopes debunked the claim and found the image of Trump in a coffin originated on the online forum site 4chan.

We rate the claim that an episode of “The Simpsons” showed a Trump-like character in a coffin and predicted Feb. 14 would be the “day everything changes” Pants on Fire!

Our Sources

‘The Simpsons’ didn’t predict that Donald Trump would die on Feb. 14

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on January 7, 2026 a press briefing

stated on January 14, 2026 a statement

Social Media
stated on February 14, 2026 social media posts



stated on January 20, 2026 an op-ed


Donald Trump
stated on February 3, 2026 remarks in the Oval Office


Social Media
stated on February 8, 2026 social media posts





Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on stated on November 17, 2025 in remarks at George Washington University:

Donald Trump
stated on February 2, 2026 an interview with Dan Bongino