Herald Scotland's brilliant Trump TV listing has the world in stitches

NZ Herald

15 Jan, 2017 10:33 PM2 mins to read

Herald Scotland took on the inauguration in a rather unconventional way. Photo / Twitter / @GeorgeTakei

Herald Scotland reviewer Damien Love has included the screening of Trump's inaugaration in his weekly round-up of shows to watch - but it was written with an interesting twist.

Readers around the world are in stitches over the sci-fi listing which describes the show similar to an alternate reality disaster film.

The summary of President Trump: The Inauguration reads: "The story begins in a nightmarish version of 2017 in which huge sections of the US electorate have somehow been duped into voting to make Donald Trump president."

He then describes it as a "feature-length opener" which concentrates on the "gaudy inauguration of President Trump".

I would like the good people of the world to help me get @realDonaldTrump to read this from today's Sunday Herald. Love from Scotland x pic.twitter.com/krThc5rKw5
— NeilMackay (@NeilMackay) January 15, 2017

It paints a picture of a "nightmarish version of 2017," and says that "huge sections of the US 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," it adds.

Love finishes with: "It's a flawed piece, but a disturbing glimpse of the horrors we could stumble into, if we're not careful."

The post has caused a reaction worldwide with social media users claiming it is a "masterpiece" and the "the most brilliant TV listing ever conceived".