--- title: Donald Trump: Anonymous Declares 'Total War' on His Campaign description: The hacker group Anonymous has declared "total war" on presidential candidate Donald Trump, calling his campaign "deeply disturbing" canonical: https://time.com/4258821/anonymous-declares-war-donald-trump/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-15T11:53:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T15:54:02.612Z article:section: Politics og:title: Anonymous Declares 'Total War' on Donald Trump og:description: "This is a call to arms." og:url: https://time.com/4258821/anonymous-declares-war-donald-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d787780775a33c5/69888b020b72e370216e887b/donald-trump-republican-candidate-ohio.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Winner Aviation in Youngstown, Ohio og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Anonymous Declares 'Total War' on Donald Trump twitter:description: "This is a call to arms." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d787780775a33c5/69888b020b72e370216e887b/donald-trump-republican-candidate-ohio.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Anonymous Declares 'Total War' on Donald Trump  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Mar 15, 2016 11:53 AM CUT  U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Winner Aviation in Youngstown, Ohio on March 14, 2016. U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Winner Aviation in Youngstown, Ohio on March 14, 2016.Aaron P. Bernstein—Reuters  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Mar 15, 2016 11:53 AM CUT The hacker group [Anonymous has declared “total war”](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/03/15/anonymous-declares-total-war-on-donald-trump/ "undefined") on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, calling his campaign “deeply disturbing.” The group will revive its anti-Trump operation on a larger scale on April 1, aiming to dismantle his campaign after previously targeting him for his comments about Muslims, the _Telegraph_ reported. “Your inconsistent and hateful campaign has not only shocked the United States of America, you have shocked the entire planet with your appalling actions and ideas,” a masked person with a computerized voice [says in the group’s video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ciavyc6bE7A&ebc=ANyPxKqYrdPtXtz-7USCN2jLsgWSheLXI1PinPVDL3RQubMrjpeACQV80wShtPT1q5pIrCNRXIyg2YUQoYgAUU5DYFTmF0e4OQ "undefined"), which was uploaded March 4. “You don’t stand for anything except for your personal greed and power. This is a call to arms.” The video—which includes clips of Trump’s negative comments about Mexicans and Fox News reporter Megyn Kelly, among others—asks all hackers to help in the effort by shutting down his website, sabotaging his brand and exposing information about him. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4258821/anonymous-declares-war-donald-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4258821/anonymous-declares-war-donald-trump/"},"headline":"Anonymous Declares 'Total War' on Donald Trump","datePublished":"2016-03-15T11:53:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:54:02.612Z","description":"\"This is a call to arms\"","url":"https://time.com/4258821/anonymous-declares-war-donald-trump/","keywords":["Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d787780775a33c5/69888b020b72e370216e887b/donald-trump-republican-candidate-ohio.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d787780775a33c5/69888b020b72e370216e887b/donald-trump-republican-candidate-ohio.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Winner Aviation in Youngstown, Ohio","caption":"U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Winner Aviation in Youngstown, Ohio on March 14, 2016.","creditText":"Aaron P. 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