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I think you'd need to offer a bit more context for your question. What we already know is that Trump had run for POTUS (briefly) before and that he was likely to run eventually. So he was certainly political. I didn't vote for the guy and my expectations of the man are pretty low to be honest. But I seriously doubt that Ben Affleck running for president would get any traction. He's clearly too much of a hothead, exploding in irrational anger whenever his beliefs are challenged. For example, his contribution in the following is ... well ... a completely worthless emotional tantrum. He can't stop himself from lashing out and shouting down men who clearly know the subject matter far better than he does.
The bigger question remains: Why do I care what celebrities have to say? Do you? If so, why do you care?
I dont particularly care other than just plain curiosity, but they are people with opinions, thoughts, worries like everybody else and they have a right to express them, if you dont care then dont read the article odds are the media will stop covering them if no one reads them, stop following on twitter, stop looking at their facebook pages, no one is forcing you to listen to them. IMO Trump has lowered the bar immensely so carrot top can probably win if he wanted to.
I don't consider celebrities to be enemies of just a political party, but enemies of society at large. Beyond entertainment, they bring very little to the table (on average). Sorry, a charity to reduce their tax burden doesn't count.
Celebrity ha created a downward trend in our culture and celebrities are responsible for it. Not all, but many. Look at Shart LeBeef and his in-process meltdown. He's certainly drawn the ire of many for being a grade-A jerkoff. He wasn't content with just having his political beliefs, but he had to spit them all over someone who dared challenge the great Witwicki. I applaud the autists for trolling him at every possible turn. He earned it.
As far as other celebrities, they feel they are the geniuses (genii?) of politics and their opinion is all you need to know. They forget they're paid well to pretend. Spewing lies and BS because they have a gaggle of press willing to salivate over their next word does not qualify them to instruct the public how to vote. This goes for both sides.
I guess this is the world we live in because we have people stupid enough to buy into their refuse. Rather than asking why people are so obsessed with celebrities, perhaps you should thank them for pointing out the hypocrisy many of them spew. How many of the super-rich do you really think can identify with the average person? You think George Clooney can? How about Scarlett? The answer is none of them.
They inspire narcissism as much as social media and contribute next to nothing to society beyond their "art".
Does that include Donald Trump? Or is he exempt just because you agree with him?
I find it interesting that the only two celebrity Presidents ever elected were Republicans. And the first was a genuine actor. Trump just played himself all those years he was on the television weekly.
I guess quite a few people were stupid enough to buy into their refuse. And one is super-rich. Can he identify with the average person? I doubt it, unless the average person lives in the middle of a gold plated suite in downtown Manhattan.
I watch a lot of Starz Encore Westerns. I've seen a lot of Ronald Reagan in movies and in Death Valley Days. The current Bozo had the word "celebrity" in his TV show. I remember watching Sonny and Cher when I was a kid.
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