--- title: Mark Hamill Reads Trump's New Year's Tweet As the Joker description: Mark Hamill tweeted an audio clip of himself reading Donald Trump's holiday tweet in the voice of the Joker canonical: https://time.com/4627755/mark-hamill-joker-donald-trump-tweet/ author: Madeline Farber article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-08T18:58:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T02:36:16.269Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Mark Hamill Reads Donald Trump's Tweet as the Joker og:description: The actor has voiced The Joker for decades og:url: https://time.com/4627755/mark-hamill-joker-donald-trump-tweet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2352ba422a9eb1e7/6988b4b00b72e37ed16ec304/trump-hamill-tweets-joker.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: trump-hamill-tweets-joker og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mark Hamill Reads Donald Trump's Tweet as the Joker twitter:description: The actor has voiced The Joker for decades twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2352ba422a9eb1e7/6988b4b00b72e37ed16ec304/trump-hamill-tweets-joker.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Mark Hamill Reads Donald Trump's Tweet as The Joker by [Madeline Farber](https://time.com/author/madeline-farber/) ## Madeline Farber Jan 8, 2017 6:58 PM UTC  Dave J Hogan—Getty Images; Alex Wong—Getty Images by [Madeline Farber](https://time.com/author/madeline-farber/) ## Madeline Farber Jan 8, 2017 6:58 PM UTC Have you ever wondered Donald Trump’s tweets would sound like if they were read by the Joker? Thanks to Mark Hamill, the world now has an answer. In an audio clip the Hamill posted to social media, the _Star Wars_ actor is heard reading Trump’s holiday tweet in the voice of the DC super-villain. Hamill first voiced the Joker in _Batman: The Animated Series_ and has continued to perform the role in Batman video games and television shows for decades. “With a little help \[from daughter Chelsea Hamill and wife Marilou Hamill\] Got the app to send out my 1st soundbite,” he tweeted on Saturday. “Stay Tuned…for I am #TheTrumpster!” > [](https://twitter.com/HamillHimself/status/817841654442790912) You can hear the clip and read Trump’s original tweet below: > [](https://twitter.com/HamillHimself/status/817901534948179968) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/815185071317676033) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4627755/mark-hamill-joker-donald-trump-tweet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4627755/mark-hamill-joker-donald-trump-tweet/"},"headline":"Mark Hamill Reads Donald Trump's Tweet as The Joker","datePublished":"2017-01-08T18:58:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:36:16.269Z","description":"There may be more to come","url":"https://time.com/4627755/mark-hamill-joker-donald-trump-tweet/","keywords":["Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2352ba422a9eb1e7/6988b4b00b72e37ed16ec304/trump-hamill-tweets-joker.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Madeline Farber","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/madeline-farber/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2352ba422a9eb1e7/6988b4b00b72e37ed16ec304/trump-hamill-tweets-joker.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"trump-hamill-tweets-joker","caption":"","creditText":"Dave J Hogan—Getty Images; Alex Wong—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4627755/mark-hamill-joker-donald-trump-tweet/","name":"Mark Hamill Reads Donald Trump's Tweet as The Joker"}}]}] ```