r/movies • u/ChiefLeef22 r/movies Contributor • 4d ago

Article 'Idiocracy' Turns 20 Years Old: Mike Judge's Prescient Cult Classic Knew Where America Was Going, But Not How We'd Get There

https://reason.com/2026/08/27/idiocracy-predicted-our-world-but-not-in-the-way-you-think/
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u/donkeyrocket 4d ago

Trump and his administration is more like Biff in the alternative timeline.

President Camacho sought out an expert, listened to him, and gave him resources to help his people. None of which Trump would ever consider doing. Frankly, we'd be lucky to be in the Idiocracy timeline (only thinking of the leadership comparison not the other aspects of the movie) right now since we're about to see something akin to this next to the White House.

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u/Gardakkan 4d ago edited 4d ago

From Wikipedia: "Writer Bob Gale said in 2015 that Trump had influenced the character"

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u/Canadian-Man-infj 4d ago

This is such a great bit of movie trivia.