How Stephen King Predicted Trump’s Rise Decades Ago | Opinions | NowThis

Author Stephen King predicted the rise of Trump 40 years ago — but he says the reality is scarier than anything he’s written. » Subscribe to NowThis: In US news, Stephen King sat down with NowThis to talk about President Trump and the eerie similarities between Donald Trump and the Stephen King Dead Zone character ’Greg Stillson.’ Dead Zone is a novel King wrote in 1979, it features a a politician Greg Stillson, Donald Trump like in many ways. The Greg Stillson Trump similarities include his outlandish behavior and rise to power that is similar to the rise of Trump and the rise of Trumpism. But according to Stephen King, Donald Trump in reality is even scarier than what he wrote. Stephen King adaptations are extremely popular in movies and TV these days, and he continues to write books like The Shining sequel of sorts Doctor Sleep. #Trump #StephenKing #News #NowThis #NowThisNews Connect with NowThis » Like us on Facebook: