Trump’s first term made him the villain of liberal Hollywood – don’t bank on it happening again

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Now it’s four years since Trump left office, and as the US readies itself for the return of the polarising populist leader, it feels as though the vibe has somewhat shifted. In the aftermath of the election, Rachel Zegler, a young actor who dazzled as the lead in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story and is set to play Snow White in a live-action Disney remake, wrote on social media about the “four years of hatred” a Trump administration would bring, and the “deep, deep sickness” in contemporary America. Joe Rogan, the controversial podcaster who endorsed Trump hours before the election, has suggested as much, claiming that many celebrities – “f***ing hippies, artists musicians” – had privately reached out to thank him for the endorsement, and that “they said they want to but they don’t want to be attacked”. Many of the selfsame celebrities who were up in arms about Trump’s immigration detention policies – the “children in cages” refrain, for instance, justifiably expressing outrage over the detainment of migrant kids who had crossed over the southern border – were silent when these same policies were adopted by Democratic administrations.