Trump is facing a wave of criticism from liberal Hollywood after his hilarious AI-generated meme showing him dropping feces on protesters went viral over the weekend.
Actor Jeff Daniels chimed in on the backlash on Tuesday during an appearance on MSNBC’s “Deadline,” questioning if even President Abraham Lincoln would have engaged in the kind of behavior Trump did online.
“I think the No Kings protest, aside from the 8 million plus people that actually brought attention to what’s going on, to the people who have checked out, who just can’t deal with it. It’s too much,” he remarked.
Host Nicolle Wallace described the lack of decorum in the White House.
“We’ve talked a lot about decency and the lack of decency coming from the guy in the Oval Office, and I think what has been explained over the last nine years is that a lot of voters were willing to sacrifice decency and norms and traditions because they felt a little bit better about their economy,” he commented.
NEW: Dumb and Dumber star Jeff Daniels says he was sickened by Trump's poop video, asks if Abraham Lincoln would have shared it before serenading Nicolle Wallace with his guitar.
Daniels played Wallace a song he wrote that helps him "cope."
"This is a song I wrote called… pic.twitter.com/LbHi0voZ86
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“I would like to think that things like decency and civility and respect for the rule of law, and respect for things that are bigger than you, including the office of the presidency, which is different than a monarchy will matter,” Daniels added.
He also criticized Trump’s meme, in which the president appears in a crown flying over protesters while spewing excrement.
“By the way, do we really have to treat people like that?” he questioned. “You know, the meme that he had where he was flying with the crown and the, you know, spewing excrement all over the people down below?”
President Trump posted this meme on Truth Social of him dumping poop on the protests. 🤣🤣🤣. We don’t deserve him 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/bjEORMOohq
— PATRIOT174N0N🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@174N0NPat) October 19, 2025
Wallace interjected, “The country, America.” Daniels then asked, “Would Lincoln have done that?” to which Wallace replied, “I don’t think Nixon would have done that.”
Daniels agreed, “Nixon wouldn’t have done it. Reagan wouldn’t have done it. Bush wouldn’t have done it — either Bush.”
He further claimed that Midwestern voters, where he resides, still value decency and civility. “We don’t get taken with whatever goes on on the coasts. You know, we got a chip on our shoulder about that. I think it matters.”
“It may not matter right away when you’re voting but down the road, if he doesn’t deliver on the economy like he promised he would, then that stuff will start to add up and they’ll get tired of it and they’ll vote for change,” he insisted.
The controversial AI video was a response to Saturday’s “No Kings” protests, which occurred in multiple U.S. cities and targeted the Trump administration’s policies on immigration and urban crime.
In the meme, a crown-wearing Trump flies an F-18 over protesters and drops fecal matter, with young progressive activist Harry Sisson catching the brunt of the payload.
Sisson later commented on X, asking, “Can a reporter please ask Trump why he posted an AI video of himself dropping poop on me from a fighter jet? That would be great, thanks.” Vice President JD Vance mockingly responded, saying, “I’ll ask him for you Harry.”
I’ll ask him for you Harry https://t.co/ZLywDOBnyl
— JD Vance (@JDVance) October 19, 2025
Singer Kenny Loggins also objected to the use of his song “Danger Zone” in the viral meme. In a statement, he called the video divisive and demanded the song be removed.
“This is an unauthorized use of my performance of ‘Danger Zone.’ Nobody asked me for my permission, which I would have denied, and I request that my recording on this video is removed immediately,” Loggins commented.
“I can’t imagine why anybody would want their music used or associated with something created with the sole purpose of dividing us,” the aging singer continued. “Too many people are trying to tear us apart, and we need to find new ways to come together.”
Sorry Kenny Loggins but you sold the rights to your song so you don’t get to tell anyone to remove it.
In other words EAT SHlT you liberal loser!!😂
— SaltyGoat (@SaltyGoat17) October 20, 2025
“We’re all Americans, and we’re all patriotic. There is no ‘us and them’ — that’s not who we are, nor is it what we should be. It’s all of us,” he concluded.
“We’re in this together, and it is my hope that we can embrace music as a way of celebrating and uniting each and every one of us.”
The White House responded with a meme featuring Tom Cruise and Anthony Edwards from Top Gun, captioned, ‘I feel the need for speed,’ reinforcing the playful intent behind Trump’s post.
Liberal actor John Cusack also took aim at the president over the weekend, sending Trump a blunt message to “go to hell.”
The High Fidelity star, speaking from a No Kings protest in Chicago, criticized federal agents deployed to the city.
“Everyone knows the score, right? The authoritarians divide and conquer and they create an ‘other’ and then they pick on it, pick on the person, harass them, jail them, and that’s all used as a direction so they can steal as much as they can [and] maintain power,” he claimed.
John Cusack’s living proof that fame doesn’t buy self-awareness. pic.twitter.com/Ql1KJ2Py1E
— Jen (@IlliniJen) October 19, 2025
Cusack, wearing all black with sunglasses, added, “We all know history. So, that’s what he’s doing, and we have masked goons roaming the streets, hiding their faces, abducting people.”
He also insisted that Trump does not understand the labor history rooted in Chicago, saying the president’s attempt to turn the city into a “fascist hub” would fail.
When asked to relay the message from Chicago to Trump, Cusack replied simply, “Go to hell.”