--- title: Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Destroyed description: A man smashed Trump's star early Wednesday morning with a sledgehammer and pickaxe canonical: https://time.com/4546122/donald-trump-hollywood-walk-of-fame-star-destroyed/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-26T15:04:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:43:55.562Z article:section: Politics og:title: Someone Destroyed Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame Star og:description: With a sledgehammer og:url: https://time.com/4546122/donald-trump-hollywood-walk-of-fame-star-destroyed/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcec589b7397cd2bf/6988aba5ab6d77026e6abb32/trump-star.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Donald Trump honoured with a star on the 'Hollywood Walk Of Fame og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Someone Destroyed Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame Star twitter:description: With a sledgehammer twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcec589b7397cd2bf/6988aba5ab6d77026e6abb32/trump-star.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Someone Destroyed Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame Star With a Sledgehammer > Sponsored content. 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Donald Trump (C), Donald Trump jr. (L), Trump's 10 months old son Barron and wife Melania (R) pictured during a ceremony honouring Trump with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, on Jan 16, 2007.Hubert Boesl—picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Oct 26, 2016 3:04 PM UTC A man dressed as a construction worker [destroyed Donald Trump’s star](http://deadline.com/2016/10/donald-trump-hollywood-walk-of-fame-star-destroyed-vandals-1201842842/) on the Hollywood Walk of Fame early Wednesday, according to a report. The man went to work vandalizing the star around 5:45 AM with a sledgehammer and pickaxe, according to Deadline Hollywood. Trump [was awarded the star in 2007](http://time.com/4519561/donald-trump-hollywood-boulevard/) for his work on the NBC series _The Apprentice_. Identifying himself to Deadline as Jamie Otis, the man said his original idea was to remove the star and put it up for auction to benefit the women who [have come out accusing Trump of sexual assault](http://time.com/4534948/donald-trump-sexual-assault-protest/). The removal attempt was unsuccessful, Deadline reports, leaving the star in pieces but not removed from the sidewalk. This isn’t the first time Trump’s star has been defaced since he announced his presidential bid. It has been [subject to graffiti](http://time.com/4030148/donald-trump-walk-of-fame-star-defaced/) several times, as well as an art installation in July where an L.A. street artist [surrounded the star with a miniature wall](http://time.com/4415633/donald-trump-hollywood-star-wall-plastic-jesus/) poking fun of Trump’s insistence that he will build a wall on the U.S-Mexico border. ### This Is How People React to Donald Trump’s Star on Hollywood Boulevard  Kenneth O’Halloran  Kenneth O’Halloran  Kenneth O’Halloran  Kenneth O’Halloran  Kenneth O’Halloran  Kenneth O’Halloran  Kenneth O’Halloran  Kenneth O’Halloran  Kenneth O’Halloran  Kenneth O’Halloran  Kenneth O’Halloran  Kenneth O’Halloran  Kenneth O’Halloran  Kenneth O’Halloran  Kenneth O’Halloran The Walk of Fame’s more than 2,500 stars are maintained by the the Hollywood Historic Trust and selected by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, according to Deadline. The chamber previously denied a petition to remove the Trump star. \[[Deadline](http://deadline.com/2016/10/donald-trump-hollywood-walk-of-fame-star-destroyed-vandals-1201842842/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4546122/donald-trump-hollywood-walk-of-fame-star-destroyed/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4546122/donald-trump-hollywood-walk-of-fame-star-destroyed/"},"headline":"Someone Destroyed Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame Star With a Sledgehammer","datePublished":"2016-10-26T15:04:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:43:55.562Z","description":"The man had hoped to remove the star to auction it off for charity","url":"https://time.com/4546122/donald-trump-hollywood-walk-of-fame-star-destroyed/","keywords":["2016 Election","California","2016 Election","Hollywood","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcec589b7397cd2bf/6988aba5ab6d77026e6abb32/trump-star.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcec589b7397cd2bf/6988aba5ab6d77026e6abb32/trump-star.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump honoured with a star on the 'Hollywood Walk Of Fame","caption":"Donald Trump (C), Donald Trump jr. 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