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Welcome to WatchMojo.WORLD where we’re counting down the Top 20 celebrities who have openly criticized Donald Trump. From fiery interviews to viral social media posts, these famous figures didn’t shy away from expressing their views on the former president.
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Welcome to WatchMojo.WORLD where we’re counting down the Top 20 celebrities who have openly criticized Donald Trump. From fiery interviews to viral social media posts, these famous figures didn’t shy away from expressing their views on the former president.
Which celebrity do you think had the harshest words for Trump? Share your thoughts in the comments!
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00:00President Trump is a failed leader.
00:02He will go down in history as the worst president ever.
00:05Welcome to WatchMojo.
00:07And today, we're counting down our picks for the biggest anti-Donald Trump celebrities of all time.
00:12We'll see what the famous faces have said about the 45th president of the United States
00:16and the issues they have with him.
00:19We need the principled press to hold power to account.
00:25Number 20. Chelsea Handler.
00:27Not many people would ditch their talk show to become a Trump-hater full-time.
00:31But then again, not many people are like Handler.
00:34The last time I was here, I was sitting at this desk.
00:37The president of the United States was a hot, young, parasailing novelist named Barack Hussein Obama.
00:45And now we have a new president, whose name is Donald Putin Trump.
00:50In 2017, the comedian, actor, and host announced the end of her Netflix show Chelsea.
00:55Instead, sparked by Trump's presidency, she wanted to focus on political activism.
01:00His election clearly had a profound and heartbreaking effect on Handler,
01:04since she admitted to going to therapy in the aftermath to deal with an existential crisis.
01:09So it was a good chance to take a look at myself and find out what my issues are moving forward
01:14and why Trump represents such pandemonium to me.
01:17The years haven't softened her stance either.
01:19In 2024, Handler took shots at Trump's running mate J.D. Vance for his cat lady comments
01:25by calling him a, quote, wingnut elegy and putting her support behind Kamala Harris.
01:30So to put it in women-hating terms, you'll understand you're being hysterical.
01:35Number 19. Alan Richson.
01:37He's a white, straight, married, Christian male with children
01:41and a retired U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sergeant as a father and typically takes action roles.
01:46I love watching you beat people up. I really do. I enjoy it.
01:51I don't know what it is.
01:52Yet Richson has no love for Trump and his supporters.
01:56In 2024, during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter,
01:59the actor described Trump as a con man and a salter.
02:03He went further with his dismay that Christian churches
02:05seemed to put the two-time impeached president on a pedestal.
02:08You know what? Jesus became the scapegoat for us to end violence once and for all.
02:14And so he's commissioned us to no longer make scapegoats of anybody.
02:18Trump supporters weren't happy with the action star criticizing their MAGA hero,
02:22so they went online and called for a boycott of Reacher.
02:26Number 18. Mark Ruffalo.
02:28When it comes to actors getting involved with activism and political discourse,
02:33Ruffalo is one of the most prominent.
02:34I think the world should consider my president as public enemy number one at this point.
02:42After all, he's targeted many issues, including climate change, war, and civil rights.
02:47So, of course, Trump was always going to be next.
02:50In 2017, he famously took part in an impromptu protest against Trump's reign
02:55with other celebs such as Olivia Wilde and Michael Moore.
02:58Trump is not a legitimate president!
03:01Trump is not a legitimate president!
03:03Some of Ruffalo's best Trump-hating work has been on social media.
03:07In 2021, he led the celebration of Joe Biden's upcoming reign by stating on X, formerly Twitter,
03:14quote,
03:15The golden toilet presidency is over.
03:18In 2024, Ruffalo took aim at Trump and Project 2025,
03:23calling the initiative white Christian nationalism.
03:26Number 17. John Legend.
03:28The musician slammed Donald Trump Jr. in 2016 by flat-out calling his father a racist.
03:35I think he's selfish, he's racist, he's misogynist, he's a liar, probably the worst liar we've ever seen in public life.
03:44Legend wasn't done, as a feud was launched between him and their family.
03:48Because Trump definitely doesn't hold on to grudges, in 2019, he called Legend boring, and his wife Chrissy Teigen filthy-mouthed,
03:57after they didn't praise him during a town hall meeting, even though Teigen wasn't involved.
04:02It's like, it's kind of not even shocking to hear that the president is picking fights with people on Twitter.
04:08Like, it's just like, that's, something's wrong with that.
04:10We all just wait for our day to come.
04:12Yeah.
04:12And mine happened to be Sunday.
04:14Yeah.
04:14So, Legend mocked him some more.
04:17In 2024, when discussing the Black Lives Matter movement and Trump's reaction,
04:22Legend stated that due to his actions as president,
04:25he thinks the former reality star, quote,
04:28believes black people are inferior.
04:30He is a tried-and-true, like, dyed-in-the-wool racist.
04:35Number 16, Martin Sheen.
04:38Considering he portrayed a tyrannical presidential prospect in 1983's The Dead Zone,
04:44Sheen might have some feelings about Trump.
04:46I need your support.
04:47I need your expertise.
04:49I need your input.
04:51And most importantly, I need your money.
04:54The West Wing president, who has a long history of activism,
04:58has taken shots at Trump many times.
05:01In the run-up to the 2016 election, Sheen publicly lent his support to the Hillary Clinton campaign
05:07and appeared in videos asking people not to vote for the Republican candidate.
05:11Republican members of the Electoral College, this message is for you.
05:15Beyond this, Sheen has thrown several insults at Trump over the years during interviews.
05:21He's called him a tyrant, an empty-headed moron, a bum, and a self-centered promoter.
05:26Even his son, Charlie Sheen, has mocked Trump for the fake wedding gift he received from him.
05:32He says, uh, in their finest moment, this is cheap pewter and bad zirconias.
05:40Number 15, Barbara Streisand.
05:43Considering she was on Richard Nixon's 1971 political enemies list,
05:48Streisand isn't afraid to get dirty when it comes to campaigning against something she doesn't agree with.
05:53Uh, I don't know how we're gonna take, you know, four years of this.
05:58In 2018, the singer, actor, and producer released the song Don't Lie to Me,
06:03which criticized Trump's administration.
06:06Hard to believe the things you said.
06:11During an interview to promote the album release the track was on,
06:15Streisand referred to him as, quote,
06:16a man who is corrupt and indecent and is assaulting our institutions.
06:21Yikes.
06:22The EGOT winner has also blamed Trump for stressing her out so much that she gained weight,
06:27insulted him in her memoir, described him as corrupt,
06:31and stated she'd move to England if he wins in 2024.
06:35How do you feel about the specter of a second Trump administration?
06:38I will move.
06:39Number 14, Whoopi Goldberg.
06:42In 2018, during an interview with David Axelrod,
06:45Goldberg's hatred of Trump led her to refuse to say his name out loud.
06:49You never say his name.
06:50I don't.
06:51Why?
06:52Uh, I can't.
06:53On the whole, she stuck to this.
06:55But in 2024, the EGOT winner accidentally uttered the name on The View.
07:00Immediately, Goldberg sighed and pretended to spit on the floor as her co-hosts teased her.
07:05Goldberg has referenced Trump several times in 2024.
07:09You are perpetrating anti-humanist issues here.
07:14She pleaded with viewers not to fall for Kai Trump's attempt to humanize her grandfather
07:19at the Republican National Conference.
07:21After Trump put up a fake image of her on the Truth Social platform, claiming she was going
07:26to Canada if he won, Goldberg laid into him, labeling the former president a, quote, snowflake.
07:32But I know where I'm going to be because I got a contract, so I'm going to be here where
07:38I'm wanted.
07:39Number 13, John Lithgow.
07:41It can take some authors years to write a single novel.
07:44So imagine how angry you have to be at someone to write not one, but two books against them.
07:50He wanted a robe made of ermine and velvet.
07:53The Constitution, he wanted to shelve it.
07:57That's how much Lithgow despises Trump.
07:59In 2019, the third Rock from the Sun actor released the satirical book,
08:03The Age of Trump in Verse, which contained illustrations and poems ridiculing the Trump administration.
08:09Trumpty Dumpty wanted a wall to stir up a rabid political brawl.
08:14When promoting it, Lithgow mocked the then-president by stating he wouldn't understand the jokes.
08:21In 2020, the two-time Oscar nominee released the sequel, Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown,
08:27versus For a Despotic Age.
08:29Trumpty Dumpty wanted a crown.
08:32Lithgow then called up his friends and got them to read out the poems to promote the work,
08:37which included Meryl Streep and Samuel L. Jackson.
08:40Despite how he made them all tremble and cower,
08:42they decided at last they would ride him to power.
08:46Number 12, Taylor Swift.
08:48If there's anything you don't want to do, it's upset Swifties.
08:52Unfortunately for him, that's exactly what Trump did in 2024,
08:56when he posted an AI image of Swift supporting his campaign.
09:00Important to note, Swift has not endorsed either candidate.
09:03That's on top of the creepy audio footage of him referring to the musician as beautiful several times.
09:09Swift has been a lot more measured in her hatred of Trump,
09:12but when she strikes, she strikes hard.
09:14In 2020, Swift slammed Trump for supporting white supremacy during his reign
09:19and then issuing violence against protesters for George Floyd's murder.
09:24After stoking the fire of white supremacy and racism your entire presidency,
09:28you have the nerve to feign moral superiority before threatening violence?
09:32She finished by stating he'd be voted out at the next election.
09:36Woof.
09:36In Swift's 2020 documentary, Miss Americana, she emotionally argued with a father in campaigning against Trump
09:43and regretted not doing so years before.
09:47I need to be on the right side of history, and if he doesn't win, then at least I try.
09:52Number 11, late night show hosts.
09:55Yes, I agree.
09:56This is truly an historic moment as Donald Trump becomes the first U.S. president convicted of a crime.
10:02Many talk show hosts have criticized Trump in monologues, including Jimmy Kimmel,
10:07when Trump was found guilty of 34 charges in 2024.
10:10We should automatically make those jurors the new Supreme Court.
10:14John Oliver had a whole episode dedicated to systematically taking down the then president.
10:19He later spoke about how Trump's second term would be far worse than his first.
10:23Donald Trump views the truth like this lemur views the Supreme Court vacancy.
10:28I don't care about that in any way.
10:31Please, I have a banana.
10:33Stephen Colbert created an advent calendar that counted down the days to Trump's original sentencing day in July 2024.
10:41Finally, Jon Stewart, after leaving The Daily Show, called Trump a man baby.
10:46Then when he was back, Stewart used the platform to insult him whenever he could.
10:51You want to give him absolute power?
10:53You want him to be the leader uber alas?
10:55You want him to have the right of kings?
10:58You do you.
10:59But stop framing it as patriotism.
11:03Number 10, George Clooney.
11:05There aren't many political arguments that the multi-award winning actor and filmmaker hasn't been involved with.
11:11Try to get behind things that I think I could have.
11:14At least I can help bring attention to it.
11:16And in 2016, Trump was Clooney's target during his election campaign.
11:20There's not going to be a President Donald Trump.
11:23That's not going to happen.
11:25In interviews, he described the prospective president as an opportunist, a xenophobic fascist, a Hollywood elitist, and, a lot less scathing, a knucklehead.
11:34He was just this knucklehead. I knew him before he was, you know, a president. He was just a guy who was chasing girls.
11:40After backing Hillary Clinton's run, Clooney put his support behind Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.
11:45The actor teamed up with former President Barack Obama for a virtual fundraiser for Biden's campaign, where the duo heavily criticized Trump's reaction to issues such as Black Lives Matter, while making plenty of jokes.
11:58Number 9, Jim Carrey.
12:00In 2017, the actor and comedian showed his artistic side by creating political cartoons about the then-president, his family, his administration, and his supporters.
12:10This whole thing has brought back my eight-year-old self. It's been a gift from God. It's, like, literally, like, brought me back to eight years old, where I used to sit in my room. Trump is toast.
12:20Some highlights of his work include mocking Trump for suggesting consuming bleach to combat COVID-19, dressing him up as Ronald McDonald, and depicting him as a baby.
12:30Carrey's artwork even led to him hosting an exhibition of his pieces at the Macaroni Gallery in Los Angeles, California, in 2018.
12:37The actor also wrote essays heavily slamming Trump, calling him, quote, a bourgeois New York con artist.
12:43You gotta speak, man. This is not a time to clam up.
12:46In 2021, Carrey retired his political cartoons after Trump was no longer president.
12:51But this hasn't stopped Trump's supporters from coming up with a conspiracy that he's secretly portraying Biden with a mask.
12:58Right.
12:59Look, here's the deal.
13:04Nope, lost it. Come back to me.
13:06Number 8, Eminem.
13:092017 was a big year for Eminem in showcasing his Trump hatred.
13:12After mentioning the then-president during his track No Favors with Big Sean, the rapper was part of a cipher during the BET Hip-Hop Awards.
13:20That's an awfully hot coffee pot. Should I drop it on Donald Trump? Probably not.
13:26The lyrical genius laid into Trump during his freestyle rap, calling him various insults and criticizing his priorities.
13:33Eminem also took verbal shots at Trump's supporters, even if they were fans of his music.
13:38Eminem walked back some of the criticism towards Trump fans during his 2018 song, The Ringer, and sympathized with them.
13:50Interestingly, Eminem also mentioned how the Secret Service investigated him for his anti-Trump demonstrations.
13:56Did that mellow him out? Not really.
13:59In 2023, he spoke about Trump brainwashing his supporters.
14:02We love our military, and we love our country, but we hate Trump!
14:10Number 7, Kerry Washington.
14:13If there's any actor who knows about the mind of a devious manipulator, Washington would be the one, since she played Olivia Pope in Scandal.
14:21Mediocrity is not an option for me.
14:23In 2016, on the side of Clinton, the actor laid into Trump's family policies in interviews.
14:29During the 2017 GLSEN Respect Awards, Washington verbally took down the then-president during her acceptance, without even mentioning his name.
14:38The flames of terror and exclusion are being ignited by some of our most powerful leaders.
14:47In 2020, as well as taking part in the Democratic National Convention, Washington also guest-hosted Jimmy Kimmel Live.
14:53During one segment, she asked children about the then-president, who held nothing back, by describing him as, quote, alien.
15:00Yeah, what do you think of him?
15:02Alien.
15:04Washington even produced 2020's The Fight, which explored legal battles between Trump's administration and the American Civil Liberties Union.
15:13Number 6, Mark Hamill.
15:15In 2017, the Star Wars actor dusted off his old Joker voice to read Trump tweets, confusing many on whether the then-president or the clown prince of crime had said these baffling things.
15:26Happy New Year to all, including to my many enemies, and those who have fought me and lost so badly, they just don't know what to do.
15:39Hamill has regularly given a verbal battering to Trump via social media.
15:46I don't know about you, but after four years of this administration, I'm exhausted.
15:52He agreed with Trump's statements that he should be jailed to restore the country's democracy,
15:56mocked the president stumbling over words in speeches,
15:59and shared Taylor Swift's criticism of him from several years ago.
16:02Hamill hasn't just used the internet to tackle Trump.
16:05He's also taken part in commercials for Biden's campaign.
16:09From one in 2020, the actor describes Trump as, quote,
16:12easily the worst president ever.
16:15We're doing a great job. Oh my gosh.
16:17You're living in some episode of the Twilight Zone that I don't want to see.
16:22Number 5, Stephen King.
16:24In 1983, The Dead Zone was released,
16:27which featured a disturbed, narcissistic presidential candidate destroying the world in the future.
16:32You cowardly bastard! You're not the voice of the people! I am the voice of the people!
16:36The people speak through me, not you!
16:38Well, the novel it was based on was written by King.
16:41Seeing life perhaps imitating art, he has been very vocal against Donald Trump.
16:46Have you ever blocked anybody?
16:48Yes, I blocked Donald Trump.
16:50As well as laying into him on social media,
16:53King added his name to an open letter by writers against Trump's candidacy in 2016.
16:58King has described The Apprentice Star, or Blabbermouth Don, as he coined,
17:03as a horrible president and person, a criminal, a dim bulb, and a sociopath.
17:08The legendary author has been vocal against Trump's abortion policies,
17:12his habit of stirring hate and division,
17:14and allegedly weaponizing his supporters against political rivals.
17:17Do you think that the Trump presidency is scarier than a Stephen King novel?
17:23Short answer to that is, yes, I do.
17:25Number 4. Meryl Streep
17:27You'd think the U.S. president would have better things to do
17:31than retort to criticisms from a celebrity,
17:34but apparently not, as we discovered in 2017.
17:37After mocking Trump at the previous year's Shakespeare in the Park public theater gala,
17:41Streep accepted an award at the 74th Golden Globe Awards.
17:45But there was one performance this year that stunned me.
17:49It sank its hooks in my heart.
17:52Not because it was good.
17:54It was, there was nothing good about it.
17:56During her speech, the award-winning actor laid into Trump.
17:59She tackled his campaign and his grim mocking of disabled journalist Serge F. Kowalewski.
18:05Disrespect invites disrespect.
18:08Violence incites violence.
18:10When the powerful use their position to bully others, we all lose.
18:15On social media, Trump called Streep overrated, which is hilariously inaccurate,
18:20and called her a, quote, Hillary flunky.
18:23The actor has employed this immature insult several times over the years,
18:27as she condemned Trump publicly.
18:29I totally agreed with him.
18:30Yeah.
18:31Streep even used him for inspiration for her character's bonkers administration
18:35in 2021's Don't Look Up.
18:38At this very moment, I say we sit tight and assess.
18:42Number three.
18:43Arnold Schwarzenegger.
18:45Before Trump moved from the entertainment world to politics, there was Schwarzenegger.
18:49But certainly Mr. Schwarzenegger is, as of now, the projected winner.
18:54The action star became the governor of California from 2003 to 2011.
18:58Since becoming a citizen in 1983,
18:59Schwarzenegger stated he wouldn't vote for a Republican candidate with Trump in 2016.
19:05Trump didn't take it well, since he regularly criticized the actor
19:09who replaced him as the host of The Celebrity Apprentice.
19:11Hey Donald, I have a great idea.
19:14Why don't we switch jobs?
19:15You take over TV, because you're such an expert in ratings,
19:19and I take over your job.
19:21And then people can finally sleep comfortably again.
19:24In 2021, Schwarzenegger released a video that tore apart Trump and his role in the shocking Capitol riot.
19:30As well as calling him a failed leader,
19:33He sought a coup by misleading people with lies.
19:36The actor compared the 2021 incident to Adolf Hitler's Germany,
19:40and the infamous Night of Broken Glass.
19:42Over recent years, Schwarzenegger has slammed the Republican Party
19:45for not finding an intelligent candidate to run.
19:48And I think a lot of people in America today are being misled.
19:51Number two.
19:53Share.
19:53During the 2016 election, several celebs stated they would leave the states if Trump became president.
19:59But for Share, another country wasn't far enough.
20:03She wanted to switch planets.
20:04It means we want to make America straight and white.
20:08Shortly after he announced his campaign in 2015,
20:11the music icon published her scathing thoughts on social media,
20:14at one point saying his punishment was being Donald Trump.
20:18Over the years, Share has compared the Home Alone 2 star to notorious dictators,
20:23called him an idiot and stated she has never hated anyone as much as him.
20:28It's like, it's like there's a death in my family.
20:30In 2023, after mentioning she got an ulcer the last time he was elected,
20:35if Trump were to win again, Share reiterated she would leave the U.S.
20:39Perhaps this time she'll make it to Jupiter.
20:41There's nothing nice about him.
20:42I can't say one nice thing about him.
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20:591. Robert De Niro
21:03Since he was elected as U.S. President in 2016,
21:06De Niro has taken every opportunity to verbally drag Trump.
21:10Yeah, I... he's so f***ing stupid.
21:14The then-president ignored it until the actor uttered a curse-word insult towards him
21:19at the 72nd Tony Awards in 2018,
21:22which garnered a really positive reaction from the audience.
21:25With his filmography pretty much making him an expert on the subject,
21:29De Niro has stated that Trump is a wannabe gangster and tough guy.
21:32Today we have a kind of a weird, twisted president who thinks he's a gangster.
21:40Who's not even a good gangster.
21:43He's described the former commander-in-chief as evil, having no ethics or morals, and a, quote,
21:48total monster.
21:50De Niro has also stated that he has no desire to portray Trump in a film since he has, quote,
21:55nothing redeemable.
21:56Considering he played Max Cady in 1991's Cape Fear, that's a brutal put-down.
22:01Counselor!
22:05Could you be there?
22:06Are there any other celebrity Donald Trump haters that we missed?
22:10Rosie O'Donnell, Tyler Perry, Kathy Griffin, or someone else?
22:14Let us know below.
22:16Donald Trump has been, uh, has been mad at you for a very long time.
22:21Over a decade.
22:22Over a decade.
22:23Yes.
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