The irony is so thick you could cut it with a constitutional amendment. Jean Smart, the Emmy-winning actress from HBO’s “Hacks,” is now leading a real-life hack job on American democracy by promoting nationwide “No Kings Protests” against President Trump. Her rallying cry? That Trump “admires dictators and wishes to be one.”
Let’s pause for a moment to appreciate the breathtaking audacity of this claim. Smart and her Hollywood cohorts are literally organizing coordinated resistance campaigns to undermine a democratically-elected president while simultaneously lecturing Americans about the dangers of authoritarianism. If the situation weren’t so serious, it would make for perfect political satire.
The entertainment industry’s latest temper tantrum reveals far more about their own authoritarian impulses than any imagined threat from Trump. These are the same voices who spent years cheering as federal agencies were weaponized against political opponents, who celebrated Big Tech censorship of conservative voices, and who demanded compliance with lockdown orders that destroyed small businesses while their own productions received special exemptions.
Now, faced with a president who actually won his election through the constitutional process our Founders designed to prevent monarchical rule, they’re crying “king” while working overtime to delegitimize the very democratic mechanisms that transferred power peacefully. The projection is so obvious it’s almost embarrassing to witness.
What makes this manufactured outrage particularly revealing is its timing and coordination. Smart isn’t acting alone—she’s part of a sophisticated network that includes media personalities like Katie Couric and various activist organizations, all pushing identical messaging with remarkable synchronization. This isn’t grassroots democracy in action; it’s elite coordination designed to resist policies that put America First.
The constitutional framework our Founders established specifically anticipated this kind of opposition. They understood that entrenched interests would always resist changes that threatened their power, which is precisely why they designed a system that derives authority from the consent of the governed, not the approval of cultural elites. Trump’s mandate comes from American voters who chose economic nationalism over globalist cosmopolitanism, regardless of what Hollywood thinks about it.
Consider the economic disconnect driving this hysteria. Jean Smart, with her multimillion-dollar net worth, is lecturing working Americans about democracy from the comfort of her gated community, protected by private security that most Americans can’t afford. Meanwhile, those same working Americans are seeing their paychecks grow, their communities revitalized, and their country’s sovereignty restored under Trump’s America First policies.
This elite panic makes perfect strategic sense when viewed through the lens of globalist interests. Hollywood has long served as a cultural ambassador for internationalist values, promoting open borders, global governance, and economic policies that benefit multinational corporations at the expense of American workers. Trump’s success threatens this entire power structure, which explains why the entertainment industry’s opposition feels so desperate and coordinated.
The historical parallel is instructive. During the Reagan era, similar elite voices predicted doom and authoritarianism while Reagan delivered prosperity and renewed American confidence. Today’s Hollywood resistance follows the same playbook, but with even less credibility given their track record of being wrong about virtually everything that matters to ordinary Americans.
Patriots should view these protests as a positive indicator. When Hollywood elites are this panicked, it means America First policies are working. Their cultural influence, once formidable, increasingly rings hollow against the backdrop of tangible results: secure borders, energy independence, manufacturing jobs returning, and respect for American interests on the world stage.
The entertainment industry’s invocation of anti-monarchical rhetoric while attempting to nullify electoral outcomes exposes their fundamental misunderstanding of American democracy. We don’t need kings, and we certainly don’t need Hollywood royalty telling us how to vote.
As Trump’s second term unfolds, expect this cultural opposition to intensify—and to become increasingly irrelevant. The choice has never been clearer: globalist entertainment values or authentic American renewal. The American people have already made their choice, and no amount of celebrity theatrics can change that democratic reality.
