Sometimes Trek anticipates the future, but only by three to five years

The original series: Cold War. Klingons are Russians, Romulans are Chinese.

“The Next Generation:” America ascendant. The lone superpower. The Enterprise is an embassy, bringing diplomacy and classical music to other nations.

“Enterprise” became paranoid post-9/11.

“Strange New Worlds” is nostalgic for the good ol' 20th Century, when things were simple (or at least that’s how we remember it).

“Starfleet Academy” anticipates the post-Trump world, when the US has to rebuild on the ruins of what MAGA destroyed. In the second episode, the Betazoids come to the Federation and say why should we trust you now when you betrayed us before?