# Albert Brooks Predicted Ozempic. Now He’s Predicting President Ossoff.

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/albert-brooks-predicted-ozempic-now-hes-predicting-president-ossoff/
- Published: 2026-11-06T23:06:09+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T23:23:08+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hollywood Reporter
- Original article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/albert-brooks-jon-ossoff-jewish-president-2030-1236749773/
- Topics: Government, Health, Medicine, Politics

## Key points

- Brooks sees parallels between Jon Ossoff and a president in his 2011 novel.
- *Twenty Thirty* imagined a Jewish president winning in 2028.
- Brooks also warns that generational resentment may deepen.

## Summary

Albert Brooks says his 2011 novel *Twenty Thirty* anticipated several developments, including weight-loss drugs and the rise of Georgia senator Jon Ossoff as a possible future president. Watching Ossoff speak led Brooks to recall the novel’s Matthew Bernstein, a Jewish candidate who wins the 2028 election, though Brooks is drawing a parallel rather than predicting an outcome.

Brooks says Ossoff’s appeal lies in his intelligence and ability to speak directly about voters’ concerns, such as finances and Medicare. In the novel, Bernstein’s opponent is caught making an antisemitic remark; Brooks reflects that antisemitism is more visible today, but says it has not dominated the speeches by Ossoff he has watched. He also points to the novel’s generational conflict, arguing that resentment among young people over older generations’ longevity and wealth could grow in the United States, as he believes it has in France.

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