I agree with you pretty much completely. This part, in particular:
US Military apprehended a still unnamed geneticist who had previously worked at a hidden cloning lab in the Missouri Ozarks. It was reported he is being held under “isolated supervision” at Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg, where military officials had examined and dissected clones recovered from labs in Missouri and Alaska.
That scientists also stated that clones last 3 years from the date of maturation and recalled, dissolved in acid, and replaced before showing signs of decay.
I believe, but I could be wrong, that this was first "reported" by Real Raw News, a website that has published stories about all kinds of politicians facing military tribunals, as well as things like Special Forces raiding cloning labs. They publish tons of stuff that we on .win would love to hear, but they're pretty widely regarded as fake news. Now, could they be true? Of course, but without real corroboration, you're just taking a sketchy website at it's word.
Incidentally, the site admits that "on the advice of their lawyers," what they post should be taken as satire. They also ask for money on GiveSendGo.
What I do find odd about them is that they explicitly name many, many people, often high-ranking officers like Admiral Darse Crandall (who is apparently overseeing many of these tribunals). As far as I know, none of them have come forward to call BS on the site. Again, highly sketchy, but weird enough that I check them out from time to time.
You're describing Trumptastic Voyage, unless you have another clip that I'm not aware of. The Trump escalator segment starts at 0:19, while the podium with placard, wordmark, and stars begins at 1:05.
I quit watching the Simpsons years ago
So did I.
I was quite sure I would have seen this in 2000, so I looked into it some more, and no, it did not air in 2000. It was a short called Trumptastic Voyage, and it aired in 2015.
The sequence from 2000 that you're probably thinking of is this one, where future Lisa (at the 0:33 mark) mentions that they have inherited "quite a budget crunch from President Trump."
Archive is here, for those who don't want to give Newsweek and "Charlotte" any clicks.
It isn't profit. Of that $118m, theaters keep between 40 and 50 percent (domestically, 75% in China), so Disney will bank somewhere around $70m. Studios also typically spend another 100% of the budget on marketing, etc. So with a budget of $250m, a $500m box office would be a loss of about $250m. Those other movies didn't have a $250,000,000 budget.
Or every incentive to pretend it's real. This is an area whose tourism industry heavily relies on it being the real holy land.
Today: "We are the real holy land! Look at all these confirmed, real miracles that happen here, like the holy fire!"
If a hoax is revealed: "Well, the fire may have been a hoax, but we're still the real holy land! Look at all these other confirmed, real miracles, like..."
Apparently the President is a Trump standin, so take that for what you will.