Stephen King has a very bleak prediction for how Trump's presidency will affect the U.S.

"It will take at least a generation to recover."
By Sam Haysom  on 
Stephen King has a very bleak prediction for how Trump's presidency will affect the U.S.
Stephen King has taken another shot at Donald Trump. Credit: Leigh Vogel/WireImage/Alex Wong/Getty Images/mashable composite

It's been another odd couple of days for Donald Trump.

There's been that strange situation with him wanting to buy Greenland; whispers of a possible recession that have led to more angry tweets about the media; and as questions about the impact of his trade war with China ramped up, he stood in front of a group of reporters on Wednesday and said: "I am the chosen one."

Strange, strange times.

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Last night, Stephen King -- who once basically predicted the rise of Donald Trump in a 1979 novel -- took to Twitter to share a fairly bleak forecast for the future.

"He has besmirched and devalued the American Presidency so severely it will take at least a generation to recover."

King has tweeted countless criticisms of Trump over the past few years, but that has to be one of his most damning sentences so far.

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.


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