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The Mary Sue
Terrina Jairaj

Stephen King predicted a leader like Donald Trump in The Dead Zone, and warns the clock is ticking: ‘now I’m saying this’

Author Stephen King has once again ignited a massive online discussion, this time by stating he foresaw the emergence of a figure much like President Donald Trump years ago, and he’s now warning that constitutional safeguards, specifically impeachment or the 25th Amendment, might face their ultimate test in the coming months. His recent remarks arrive at a moment of heightened political tension, with Trump’s public statements under intense scrutiny.

According to MSN, King directly pointed to his earlier novel, The Dead Zone, as a chilling reflection of what he believes is currently unfolding in the real world. “I predicted someone like Trump many years ago, in ‘The Dead Zone,’” he wrote on X, forging a clear and unsettling link between his fiction and the present political landscape. 

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