--- title: Donald Trump Inauguration Likened to Twilight Zone in Satire description: "It sounds far-fetched, and it is, but as it goes on it becomes more and more chillingly plausible," Scotland's Sunday Herald writes canonical: https://time.com/4635727/donald-trump-twilight-zone-sunday-herald/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-16T14:48:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:11.704Z og:title: Newspaper Teases Trump's Inauguration Like It's a 'Twilight Zone' Episode og:description: "After a long absence, The Twilight Zone returns" og:url: https://time.com/4635727/donald-trump-twilight-zone-sunday-herald/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd82d2c19cd36a752/6988b5a9cf40a85be7c4611d/gettyimages-6316218061.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4875 og:image:height: 2742 og:image:alt: Donald Trump Holds Meetings At Trump Tower og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Newspaper Teases Trump's Inauguration Like It's a 'Twilight Zone' Episode twitter:description: "After a long absence, The Twilight Zone returns" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd82d2c19cd36a752/6988b5a9cf40a85be7c4611d/gettyimages-6316218061.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Scottish Newspaper Teases Donald Trump's Inauguration Like It's a _Twilight Zone_ Episode > Sponsored content. 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Along with the usual television listings, the paper teased Trump’s Friday inauguration as if it were an upcoming episode of _The Twilight Zone_. “After a long absence, _The Twilight Zone_ returns with one of the most ambitious, expensive and controversial productions in broadcast history,” the teaser reads. “\[T\]his huge interactive virtual reality project, which will unfold on TV, in the press, on Twitter over the next four years sets out to build an ongoing alternative present. The story begins in a nightmarish version of 2017, in which huge sections of the U.S. electorate have somehow been duped into voting to make Donald Trump president. It sounds far-fetched, and it is, but as it goes on it becomes more and more chillingly plausible.” The satirical piece mirrored [many](http://www.thewrap.com/boston-globe-envisions-life-under-president-trump-in-withering-satirical-front-page/) of the [stories](http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/08/the-election-of-donald-trump/401579/) [written](http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB94045725386002684) a mere few months ago when a Trump presidency seemed impossible that humorously speculated on what Trump’s inauguration and first year might look like. The teaser quickly went viral on social media, thanks in part to actor and activist George Takei. > [](https://twitter.com/GeorgeTakei/status/820666799830208512) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4635727/donald-trump-twilight-zone-sunday-herald/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4635727/donald-trump-twilight-zone-sunday-herald/"},"headline":"Scottish Newspaper Teases Donald Trump's Inauguration Like It's a Twilight Zone Episode","datePublished":"2017-01-16T14:48:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:11.704Z","description":"\"It sounds far-fetched, and it is, but as it goes on it becomes more and more chillingly plausible.\"","url":"https://time.com/4635727/donald-trump-twilight-zone-sunday-herald/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd82d2c19cd36a752/6988b5a9cf40a85be7c4611d/gettyimages-6316218061.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd82d2c19cd36a752/6988b5a9cf40a85be7c4611d/gettyimages-6316218061.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump Holds Meetings At Trump Tower","caption":"Donald Trump Holds Meetings At Trump Tower","creditText":"Drew Angerer—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4635727/donald-trump-twilight-zone-sunday-herald/","name":"Scottish Newspaper Teases Donald Trump's Inauguration Like It's a Twilight Zone Episode"}}]}] ```