C-SPAN reported Rober De Niro sharing his opinion on the 45th and 47th President on May 28, 2024, at the January 6 Officers News Conference for the Trump hush money trial. He said: "I love this city. I don't want to destroy it. Donald Trump wants to destroy not only the city, but the country and eventually he could destroy the world."
“I don’t mean to scare you. No, wait, maybe I do mean to scare you,” De Niro continue. “If Trump returns to the White House, you can kiss these freedoms goodbye that we all take for granted.”
To The Daily Beast in September 2016, Chelsea Handler made her thoughts on the future president very clear, citing it as "the end of our civilization" because "he constantly says things that are so inappropriate and insulting to women" and that she "can't believe this guy has gotten this far."
Similarly, she told Politicon in 2017 that "he doesn't have a value system. He's a big bully. He's not interested in the American people, he lies constantly."
Jimmy Kimmel consistently criticizes Donald Trump on his talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live, such the time in September 2017 when he joked about the President loving to "have his name on things."
"...buildings, vodka, you name it. At this point he would sign anything if it meant getting rid of Obamacare. He’d sign copies of the Quran at the Barnes and Noble in Fallujah if it meant he could get rid of Obamacare... He doesn’t know the difference between Medicare and Medicaid; he barely knows the difference between Melania and Ivanka."
Mandy Moore has a reputation for being one of the most beloved American actresses, and she doesn't stand for any of Trump's policies targeting vulnerable citizens. After Trump tweeted about COVID-19, saying, "Don't be afraid," Moore responded.
"Don’t be afraid of covid? Tell that to the 210,000 families who have lost loved ones. To the Black, Brown and Indigenous folks disproportionately affected. With tens of millions of jobs lost and the economy tanked. Many of us isolated for months. You’re the cruelest. #votehimout."
Eminem, the controversial rap icon, has never been shy about his disdain for Donald Trump. Known for his outspoken lyrics and fierce activism, the rapper delivered a clear message in his four-minute 2017 freestyle "The Storm," where he criticized Trump and his policies. Eminem didn't mince words, calling out Trump's handling of the country and his divisive rhetoric. He rapped, "We better give Obama props, 'cause what we got in office now" is equal to the evils of WWII.
"When I start talking about Trump, I get too flustered in my head," the star said. "There's too many things I want to say at once... Watching him play to his base that thinks that he cares about them—and it's actually the people that he cares about the least. If you're talking about his core being, you know, a majority white middle class, what I don't understand is how... you feel like you relate to a billionaire who has never known struggle his entire life."
In January 2016, Entertainment Weekly reported Susan Sarandon's opinions on Trump:"He reminds me of a drunk uncle at a wedding, who gets up and starts talking and just loves the crowd and just goes on and on and on and says whatever he can to get a reaction. He's like a figure from a Kurt Vonnegut novel; I can't even address him seriously."
She wasn't a huge fan of Hillary Clinton either, however, not denying that people thought she said Clinton was more dangerous than Trump. “I did think she was very, very dangerous. We would still be fracking, we would be at war [if she was president]. It wouldn’t be much smoother. Look what happened under Obama that we didn’t notice.”
Comedian Kathy Griffin has made her disdain for Donald Trump widely known, particularly after the controversy surrounding her infamous 2017 photo with a mock severed head resembling the president. Griffin explained the shocking image as a commentary on the danger of Trump’s political rhetoric, but the backlash was immediate, leading to public condemnations and professional repercussions.
Griffin’s contempt for Trump dates back to his election, and her outspokenness only grew after his presidency began. She has criticized Trump for his divisive language, his treatment of women, and his policies. Despite the backlash, told ABC News, "I'm not afraid of Donald Trump ... I'm gonna make fun of him more now."
Chrissy Teigen told USA Today in February 2017 that she's "actually been a big Donald Trump hater (for a long time). I've been trolling him for about five to seven years now. I've been doing this forever, and I take pride in that. I can't believe that somebody could actually do this all day every day and be president. If I mysteriously go missing in the next four years, that is what happened."
Similarly, her husband (singer John Legend) isn't thrilled with him either. "I think Trump is an embarrassment to the country," Legend told The Guardian. "And his approval rating is terrible... When he is criticizing something, he is usually projecting. So, he calls people liars because he is a liar. He talks about the entertainment business because he rose through the entertainment business. He talks about people being corrupt, because he is corrupt. He talks about people being violent because he encourages violence. So, he’s usually projecting when he criticizes someone."
50 Cent prioritizes his values over money, which is clear after he turned down Donald Trump's $3 million offer to perform at one of his rallies. The Trump campaign denies this, the NY Post reports: "At no point was he offered money to appear at the rally."
At one point, 50 Cent seemingly endorsed Trump, but his ex-girlfriend Chelsea Handler wasn't having it. Therefore, he retracted his "support" and retweeted on of her posts, adding,"F Donald Trump, I never liked him."
It might be shocking to know that the once-infamous Fox News talking head Tucker Carlson can't stand Donald Trump, but knowing their history, it starts to make sense. Despite publicly endorsing him, this is the same man who sent private messages in January 2021 saying, "We are very, very close to being able to ignore Trump most nights. I truly can't wait. I hate him passionately. ... I can't handle much more of this."
Even when his true feelings were revealed, he continues to grovel to the Trump campaign to claw back any relevancy with the conservative base after being fired from Fox. Matt Gertz reported, “If anything, [Carlson] appears to have descended into even more public crackpottery since he left Fox News."
At the New York City United We Stand Rally in 2017, legendary singer Cher revealed her existential dread after Trump first entered office. “Never once did I dream that there would be one through arrogance and ignorance, who could change our world, who could change the face of our world...
She continued, "I know you can stop this, because the power of the people is bigger than those... that are there in Washington. I tried not to have a potty mouth, but it’s just me, okay? You must never give up, because the thing that will help us, that will get us through this, is anger. Otherwise, we’ll be in sadness and depression.”
Before Stephen Hawking's death, CNN reported his opinions on the controversial president in May 2016. "He is a demagogue, who seems to appeal to the lowest common denominator," Hawking said. In fact, he then went on gather 300 of his peers to pen a letter about a potential Trump presidency, reading:
"It is of great concern that the Republican nominee for President has advocated U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Accord. A 'Parexit' would send a clear signal to the rest of the world: 'The United States does not care about the global problem of human-caused climate change. You are on your own.'"
Richard Gere has openly criticized Donald Trump, comparing him to a dictator. In an interview with The Evening Standard, Gere made the following striking statement: "Here's a guy who's obviously Mussolini, how is it possible that people would be supporting this guy? You can try to find reasons. It's about how disillusioned they are, how afraid, how confused. [Trump] is a demagogue, a clown—but people like clarity. Here's this guy who says, 'I'm going to fix this problem for you. It doesn't matter how, I'll just take care of it.' He's finding villains everywhere and then telling people he'll get rid of them."
Gere’s words emphasize his belief that Trump plays on people's fears and frustrations, offering simple solutions to complex issues. He sees Trump as a manipulative figure who paints himself as a hero by creating external enemies and promising to eliminate them, which some people are drawn to because it gives them a sense of security and purpose. This comparison to Mussolini underscores Gere's concern about Trump's authoritarian tendencies.
In 2017, Bette Midler shared a Twitter post, "Honest to God, I'd make a better President than this guy, and I'm about clueless! At least I'd have the good sense not to blab to the enemy!”
Trump retaliated, like he always does, tweeting back, "Washed up psycho @BetteMidler was forced to apologize for a statement she attributed to me that turned out to be totally fabricated by her in order to make ‘your great president’ look really bad." Little did he know, she already disproved his "facts" in a different post.
In a memorable 2017 appearance on *Conan*, comedian Sarah Silverman used humor to take a sharp jab at Donald Trump. Dressed as Adolf Hitler, she used the infamous figure to mimic Trump’s controversial style and rhetoric. While impersonating Hitler, Silverman made a pointed remark: "I agree with a lot he says—a lot... Like 90 percent of what he says, I'm like, 'This guy gets it.' But I just don't like the way he says it. It's crass. What kind of person talks about his... size on national television?"
Silverman’s impersonation was a satirical way to critique Trump’s vulgarity and his tendency to prioritize shocking statements over diplomacy or substance. By drawing a parallel between Trump and Hitler, Silverman aimed to emphasize the dangers of extreme political rhetoric and authoritarianism, all while mocking Trump's behavior in a way that made the audience laugh, despite the serious undertones.
During a performance at Los Angeles' Staples Center, Barbra Streisand took a moment to address the crowd and express her disdain for Donald Trump in her typically candid and humorous style. Referring to the 2016 election, she said, "It's funny that I always seem to go on these little tours during election seasons, and this one is a doozy, isn't it?"
"[Trump's] putting his foot in his mouth every day now, so I'm so happy... Our genetic makeup is 99.9 percent identical to every other person on the face of the earth. Isn't that incredible? The other .1 percent is Donald Trump... I hope that in a few months I'll be singing it for the next President Clinton."
Charlie Sheen said on The Graham Norton Show, "I was at a dinner with my ex-wife Brooke [Mueller] and her family, and about halfway through I noticed Donald staring at my watch. He says, 'I want to give you an early wedding gift as a gesture from me and Melania'—and she doesn't say a word; she's very sweet and very pretty but she just kind of sits there.
"Anyhow, so he says 'These are platinum diamond Harry Winston' and he pulls off his cufflinks and he gives them to me... Smashcut to about six months later, I had some jewelry getting appraised at the house. She took the loop, spent about four seconds, and kind of recoiled from it—much like people do from Trump—and says 'In their finest moment, this is cheap pewter and bad zirconias.' And they're stamped 'Trump,' and I just thought, 'What does this really say about the man, that he said, 'Here's a great wedding gift,' and it's just a bag of dog [poo]?'"
Stephen King is a free speech believer himself, and he frequently uses this right to criticize Trump on Twitter. "Trump's no friend of the working man. If you're working for wages, brothers and sisters, he couldn't give [a crap] about you… Check his tax plan. Same old same old. The fat man's busy dancing while the poor man pays the band.”
Similarly, a group of writers, including Stephen King, Cheryl Strayed, and Dave Eggers, signed a petition titled "Writers on Trump," which read as follows: "As writers, we are particularly aware of the many ways that language can be abused in the name of power... The rise of a political candidate who deliberately appeals to the basest and most violent elements in society, who encourages aggression among his followers, shouts down opponents, intimidates dissenters, and denigrates women and minorities, demands, from each of us, an immediate and forceful response."
Actress Jennifer Lawrence made a quip at Donald Trump duringThe Graham Norton Show, saying, "I was at a concert that I heard he was attending. So I had my full security, I was like, 'Find Donald Trump.' I was adamant on finding him and making a video of me going, 'Hey, Trump. F you!'"
To Broadly, she wrote, “I want to be positive; I want to support our democracy, but what can we take away from this? It's a genuine question that we all need to ask ourselves. We shouldn't blame anyone, we shouldn't riot in the streets. We should think strongly and clearly about what to do next because we cannot change the past. ... If you're afraid of a wall putting us all into another recession then organize and stand against it.”
On Instagram, Olivia Wilde commented, "Hi good morning I despise Donald Trump with all my guts, and his speech last night only confirmed what a pathetic, petulant, dishonest pig he is, and you may now proceed to tell me why I'm an old, ugly, wretched communist and I will give precisely zero fs."
To Page Six, she said, "The fact that we can have someone running for president who openly projects that xenophobia is really sickening."
In August 2017, George Clooney told USA Today, "It becomes increasingly clear how in over his head and incapable this man is of being president of the United States. The good news is that our other institutions—meaning press, finally, and judges and senators—have proven that the country works. There is a check and balance."
“President Biden has shown what true leadership is,” Clooney said to Variety. “He’s saving democracy once again. We’re all so excited to do whatever we can to support Vice President Harris in her historic quest.”
When Meryl Streep accepted the Cecil B. DeMille award at the 2017 Golden Globes, she gave a powerful speech suggestive of negative sentiments toward Trump: “There was one performance this year that stunned me. It sank its hooks in my heart. Not because it was good. There was nothing good about it. But it was effective and it did its job...
"It was that moment when the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in our country imitated a disabled reporter, someone he outranked in privilege, power, and the capacity to fight back. It kind of broke my heart when I saw it. I still can't get it out of my head because it wasn't in a movie. It was real life. And this instinct to humiliate, when it's modeled by someone in the public platform, by someone powerful, it filters down into everybody's life, because it kind of gives permission for other people to do the same thing. Disrespect invites disrespect. Violence incites violence. When the powerful use their position to bully others, we all lose.”
Alec Baldwin famously imitated Donald Trump for years on Saturday Night Live, and he is equally unimpressed with the real thing. To Katie Couric in 2017, he said, "Everywhere [Trump's] gone, he’s abused power and people who are less powerful than him."
More recently, he criticized Americans for electing Trump into office for the second time. “Americans are very uninformed about reality, what’s really going on with climate change, Ukraine, Israel, you name it, all the biggest topics in the world,” Baldwin said. “Americans have an appetite for a little bit of information.”
It's not shocking that the "Pokerface" and "Paparazzi" singer Lady Gaga isn't a fan of Trump. "The message you have just sent has endangered the lives of people all over the United States and overseas bravely serving our nation." she said after Trump announged a transgender military ban.
"Many of these young people are transgender & suffer daily from the exact types of social isolation & targeting ur message encourages. Sincerely, did you know of the group you singled out today, 45% of them ages (18 to 24) have attempted [to die] already?"
Madonna claimed to have a broken heart after Trump's election. She told BAZAAR, "I went to sleep, and since that night, I wake up every morning and it's like when you break up with somebody who has really broken your heart. You wake up and for a second you're just you, and then you go, 'Oh, the person I love more than anything has just broken my heart, and I'm devastated and I'm broken and I have nothing.
"I'm lost.' That's how I feel every morning. I wake up and I go, 'Wait a second. Donald Trump is the president. It's not a bad dream. It really happened.' It's like being dumped by a lover and also being stuck in a nightmare."
Avengers actor Mark Ruffalo doesn't mince words when talking of Trump and his awful motivations. “Now, we have a president who called participants in the neo-N. and white supremacist march in Charlottesville ‘some very fine people.’ Enough is enough. White supremacy must be called out for what it is and defeated. Its very existence is based on violence and is antithetical to American values.”
After Trump's second election, he shared another message: “I’ve felt demoralization and despair so many times along the road of all of this, and the message I keep getting is if you’re losing hope, you’re not giving enough and you’re not doing enough. Action is the very thing that pushes back despair.”
After Trump's controversial NFL comments in 2017, LeBron James had plenty to say. “This guy that we put in charge has tried to divide us once again… He’s now using sports as the platform to try to divide us. We all know how much sports bring us together… For him to try to use this platform to divide us even more—it’s not something I can stand for and it’s not something I can be quiet about.
"You look at him kind of asking NFL owners to get players off the field because they’re exercising their rights, and that’s not right… It’s not about dividing. We as American people need to come together even more stronger. This is a very critical time.”
Samuel L. Jackson proclaimed on Get Out the Vote radio in 2017, "Remember what happened the last time people stayed home—we got stuck with Trump. We have to channel the great vengeance and fury we have for this administration into votes at the ballot box."
In support of Rashida Tlaib, writing, "I just wanna Wholeheartedly endorse your use of & clarity of purpose when delcaring your MFing goal last week. Calling that MF a MF is not an issue, calling that MFer President Is!!!"
When Trump signed his first executive orders of the new term, she addressed her audience on social media: “If you are trans or non-binary like me, please know that I see you, I feel you, I am with you. You are validated, you are loved and you are not alone. No one can take away our identities and no one can tell us who we are or aren’t. We will get thru this. I love you.”
After his second inauguration, Lovato called out Meta for forcing them to follow their accounts. They posted a screenshot of Vance’s profile onto their Instagram story, writing, "I have unfollowed this guy twice today. “Shady f business meta."
On Instagram, Alyssa Milano reposted from @nowthisimpact commenting on Trump's immunity despite his crimes. "We are so [screwed]. And I know Biden is old—and I don’t agree with all of his policies. But man, if Trump is elected he might get 2 more Supreme Court nominations.
"And this second time around Trump will be more unfettered?? Please respectfully tell me what you are feeling in the comments. I really want to know."
