The Daily Show tries to divine the future from Donald Trump's past tweets

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The Daily Show tries to predict the future from Trump's past tweets
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"Donald Trump has people worried, because he's so unpredictable," Trevor Noah said on Tuesday's Daily Show. "No one has a clue what he's going to do next — Republicans, Democrats, nobody." Or almost nobody. The exception, Noah said, is an oracle who calls himself Sir Ahnrop (but is actually Roy Wood Jr. with a hooded cape and Jamaican accent). The premise of his soothsaying is that President Trump's pre-presidential tweets are a flawless predictor of what he will do in office — if he once criticized a certain predecessor for playing golf, for example, Trump will spend unprecedented amounts of time on the greens himself. When it comes to the future, Sir Ahnrop got a little fuzzier — though Michael Douglas really may want to watch his back. Watch below. Peter Weber

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Peter Weber, The Week US
Peter Weber, The Week US

Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.