Hollywood’s Trump Hysteria Takes an Even Crazier Turn

President Donald Trump has been in the White House for a year, which should mean the left-wing hysteria surrounding his election has calmed down. Alas, it has not, especially in the most extreme corners of Hollywood.

It appears Trump’s fiercest Hollywood critics are still not accustomed to his style. To them, the sky is still falling, and there is no way the world will survive another three years.

Some of these people will take any bait the mainstream media throw at them — rumors about the president’s diet, unconfirmed comments, etc. It’s gotten pretty sad.

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The latest “news” that has some celebs pulling out their hair is a report from The Washington Post claiming Trump used the word “s***hole” in referring to certain countries whose citizens want to travel here. The president denied such a comment was made, and the paper used its infamous “anonymous source” protection shield.

The comment went viral, with many in Hollywood calling the president a racist and even managing to put America down by comparing it to poor, struggling nations — despite the fact that many people from those nations would prefer to live a better life here.

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Late-night host Conan O’Brien had possibly the most outrageous reaction. He announced he would be taking his show to Haiti — one of the countries Trump was allegedly talking about — in the near future.

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What will this prove, you might ask? No clue. Unless O’Brien is planning to permanently move himself and his career to Haiti and not experience any drop in income or lifestyle — his point is wasted. A celebrity visiting a country to tape a program will show little or nothing unique to the world. O’Brien will no doubt be insulated by security, staff, and the like. The reality is that O’Brien likely sees how Stephen Colbert’s anti-Trump stunts have given him boosts in ratings — so now he wants a piece of the action.

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Another extreme Hollywood reaction came from none other than the always reliably political Sean Penn. In an op-ed for Time magazine, Penn declared the president “an enemy of mankind.” This is strange — coming from a man who had a cushy relationship with Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chávez.

The actor’s main problem with Trump’s alleged comment is that it supposedly referred to Haiti, a country in which Penn has spent a great deal of time and money.

While the “Mystic River” star did spend a long time in Haiti working on relief efforts after the massive earthquake in 2010, his words are perplexing, to say the least. What good does it do to call the sitting president the “enemy of mankind” simply for an alleged comment?

Wouldn’t unelected dictators who ignore their people’s civil rights and live like kings while their nation falls to poverty and starvation be enemies? Penn doesn’t seem to think so.

Why go for hyperbole and extreme sentiments based not on actual decisions made but on rumors put forth by the press?

These reactions come not from logic and common sense, but from an emotional hysteria that has still overtaken a good portion of Trump’s critics, especially in Hollywood.

Why not comment about substantive policy decisions rather than alleged comments behind closed doors that the president has denied?  Why go for hyperbole and extreme sentiments based not on actual decisions made but on rumors put forth by the press?

PopZette editor Zachary Leeman can be reached at [email protected].

(photo credit, homepage image: Sean Penn…, CC BY 2.0, by UNclimatechange / Conan O’Brien and Donald Trump, CC BY-SA 2.0, by Gage Skidmore; photo credit, article image: Sean Penn, CC BY 2.0, by Elvert Barnes / Conan O’Brien, CC BY-SA 2.0, by Gage Skidmore)