A wave of celebrities have flooded social media platforms to share their responses to Donald Trump’s historic presidential reelection win on Tuesday night.
The momentous election saw the now-president-elect defeat Vice President Kamala Harris in several key battleground states, including North Carolina, Georgia, and Pennsylvania, leading a bevy of actors, singers, and other prominent figures to congratulate Trump on his landslide victory for the Republican Party.
“Congrats @realDonaldTrump. You won fair and square,” Mark Cuban, a billionaire television personality and vocal Trump critic, wrote on social media platform X.
“The future is gonna be fantastic,” wrote fellow businessman Elon Musk, whom Trump had previously promised a government efficiency commission role to if he won office.
“The people of America gave @realDonaldTrump a crystal clear mandate for change tonight,” the X owner shared in another post.
Country stars, including singer-songwriter John Rich, Grammy Award-winning musician Lee Greenwood, and country crooner Travis Tritt, also came out in full force to celebrate Trump’s monumental win.
“WE WIN!! Thank you Lord!!” wrote Rich, while Greenwood, singer of the hit patriotic song “God Bless the U.S.A.,” wrote: “47! Congratulations Mr. President!”
“I’m so happy and proud for President Trump for continuing to fight, fight, fight!!! God bless America!” Tritt wrote.
Comedian Rob Schneider, who regularly voiced his support for Trump throughout his presidential campaign, wrote online that “the American people have spoken.”
“Trump won and The United States is still the Freest Country in the world,” the “Grown Ups” actor wrote in part on X.
Comedian Roseanne Barr addressed the massive voter turnout on Election Day.
“The funniest thing I’m seeing is Dems saying the election was rigged because there was huge turnout last night and there are 20 million less votes for Kamala,” Barr wrote.
Harris had drawn a little over 67.2 million votes, lagging behind Trump, who had garnered more than 72 million votes from Americans and clinched 295 electoral votes, as of 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 6.
Green Party candidate Jill Stein had more than 629,000 votes, while Libertarian Party nominee Chase Oliver had more than 564,000.
Despite dropping out of the race in August to endorse Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. won about 600,000 votes after he remained on the ballot in more than 30 states.
In a victory speech given early Wednesday morning, Trump called his campaign win the “greatest political movement of all time.”
“There’s never been anything like this in this country, and maybe beyond. And now it’s going to reach a new level of importance because we’re going to help our country heal,” the president-elect said while addressing the nation at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.
“We have a country that needs help, and it needs help very badly. We’re going to fix our borders. We’re going to fix everything about our country, and we’ve made history for a reason tonight. And the reason is going to be just that. We overcame obstacles that nobody thought possible.”
Despite Trump’s promise to fix America when he returns to the White House, some celebrities expressed their condemnation of his election win.
Among the Hollywood detractors was actress Christina Applegate, who urged her fans to stop following her online if they supported Trump.
“Why? Give me your reasons why????? My child is sobbing because her rights as a woman may be taken away. Why?” Applegate wrote. “And if you disagree, please unfollow me.”
Actress Jamie Lee Curtis penned a lengthy statement on Instagram, sharing her belief that Trump’s victory “means a sure return to a more restrictive” time.
“Be gentle with people today. Be gentle with yourself today,” Curtis wrote. “Feel your feelings today but most of all.....Be an American today,” she wrote.
