On the similarities between decades-old satire and 2026.

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Was Woody Allen onto something when he imagined a society 200 years in the future in which scientists have discovered that junk food was actually good for you? President Donald Trump seems to think so.

In an example of life(style) imitating art, Trump recently appeared to embrace that topsy-turvy notion that Allen brilliantly parodied in his 1973 movie, Sleeper.