US Presidential Election 2016: Bollywood Reacts To Trump’s Victory!

By Team Asianet NewableFirst Published Nov 9, 2016, 12:35 PM IST
Highlights
  • Bollywood too has its share to contribute to the latest victory of Donald J. Trump

Personalities like Kabir Khan, Javed Akhtar, Radhika Apte, Twinkle Khanna among others expressed shock over Trump becoming the new President.

Trump, a former reality star, who has hosted "The Apprentice", defeated Hillary Clinton in the knife-edge US Presidential elections.

 

A quote by Einstein that seems relevant today:
Only 2 things are infinite,the universe and human stupidity. I am not sure about the former.

— Kabir Khan (@kabirkhankk) November 9, 2016



"A quote by Einstein that seems relevant today: Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity. I am not sure about the former," Kabir tweeted.

 

Oh Teri!!!!! Yeh jeetgaya. New president #donaldtrump. Hope all visiting America have got their visas.

— arjun rampal (@rampalarjun) November 9, 2016



Arjun Rampal wrote, "Oh Teri!!!!! Yeh jeetgaya. New president #donaldtrump. Hope all visiting America have got their visas." 

 

A leader like Trump connects with our meanness He tells us don't feel guilty there are many as vicious as you are . We love him for it .

— Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) November 9, 2016



Lyricist Javed Akhtar wrote, "A leader like Trump connects with our meanness. He tells us don't feel guilty there are many as vicious as you are. We love him for it." 

 

Mayans were not wrong about the end of the world. They were only 4 years early. #ElectionNight #Election2016 #USElection2016

— Shirish Kunder (@ShirishKunder) November 9, 2016



Filmmaker Shirish Kunder wrote, "Congratulations America, you're now ONE BIG REALITY SHOW. #ElectionNight #Election2016 #USElection2016 #DonaldTrump." 
 

Donald Duck waddling to the White House doesn't seem to be just a surreal nightmare. Misogyny plays its trump card and wins..

— Twinkle Khanna (@mrsfunnybones) November 9, 2016

'Ignorant,sexist,racist but jeez thank God ,not a feminist!' said the birdbrained followers as they flapped their wings for Donald Duck ..

— Twinkle Khanna (@mrsfunnybones) November 9, 2016

 

Twinkle, who is known for her sarcasm, took a dig at Trump calling him "Donald Duck".

"Donald Duck waddling to the White House doesn't seem to be just a surreal nightmare. Misogyny plays its trump card and wins..

"'Ignorant, sexist, racist but jeez thank God, not a feminist!' said the birdbrained followers as they flapped their wings for Donald Duck," she wrote.

Anubhav Sinha tweeted, "Congratulations America. Now we know what you wanted." 

Fingers crossed now more than ever! #USElection2016 🙏🙏

— Alia Bhatt (@aliaa08) November 9, 2016



Alia Bhatt wrote,"Fingers crossed now more than ever! #USElection2016".

 

Sad shocking and scary.. Wonder what we have in store.. #Elections

— Radhika Apte (@radhika_apte) November 9, 2016


"Sad shocking and scary.. Wonder what we have in store..#Elections," Radhika Apte tweeted.

Filmmaker Satish Kaushik wrote, "Donald Trump is the new American President. Either way 9/11 have shocked the world.

American poll opinion gets a thrashing..voters are unpredictable." 

Abhishek Kapoor wrote, "#america.. breatheee.. its gonna b ok. #changeistheonlyconstant #ElectionNight".

 

I just woke up, I wanna go back to sleep.

— RichaChadha (@RichaChadha_) November 9, 2016



Richa Chadha tweeted,"I just woke up, I wanna go back to sleep." 

 

Dear America , Trump is what happens when you watch too much Reality TV

— Huma Qureshi (@humasqureshi) November 9, 2016


Huma Qureshi wrote, "Dear America , Trump is what happens when you watch too much Reality TV." 

"A man that refuses to believe that #ClimateChangeIsReal may just lead the world! #USElection2016," tweeted Dia Mirza.

The good,bad,&the ugly!The American people have decided!They both fought but it's @realDonaldTrump who is the one that will change history

— Sunny Leone (@SunnyLeone) November 9, 2016

 

What is most surprising is the entire government system is red now! Trump won't have many hurdles to pass to do anything he wants! 😬😳😐😧😩

— Sunny Leone (@SunnyLeone) November 9, 2016


Sunny Leone raised her concern over Trump's win, "What is most surprising is the entire government system is red now! Trump won't have many hurdles to pass to do anything he wants!" 

Did Trump really thank the secret service?? Yes he did... luurvely! Welcome to Disneyland..we are now serving acid on receipt of your stub!

— Pooja Bhatt (@PoojaB1972) November 9, 2016



Pooja Bhatt wrote, "Did Trump really thank the secret service?? Yes he did... luurvely! Welcome to Disneyland..we are now serving acid on receipt of your stub!" 

Great that @narendramodi congratulated and welcomed @realDonaldTrump 's victory ..Here's for a great indoamerican relationship💐

— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) November 9, 2016


"A great lesson to b learnt from Trump's victory is that even after killing political correctness u can become the greatest political leader," tweeted Ram Gopal Varma.

 

Although Salman Khan hasn’t tweeted anything about Trump’s victory at the time of going online, he had tweeted few days before the elections supporting Hillary Clinton.

 

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