--- description: The 'Harry Potter' author weighs in on a social meme title: J.K. Rowling Just Compared Donald Trump to Voldemort image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4eaef198c9e89fd8/69887449196cf485d40395a2/trump_voldemort.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # J.K. Rowling Just Compared Donald Trump to Voldemort and Guess Who She Thinks Is Worse by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 8, 2015 12:33 PM CUT  Getty Images, Warner Bros by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 8, 2015 12:33 PM CUT Beloved author of the _Harry Potter_ books J.K. Rowling has some thoughts on people comparing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to the villain in her seven-part series. The [BBC](http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35036432/why-people-are-calling-american-businessman-donald-trump-voldemort "undefined") noted that people on social media were comparing the leading Republican candidate, [who on Monday advocated for a “total and complete shutdown” of Muslims entering the U.S.](http://time.com/4139476/donald-trump-shutdown-muslim-immigration/ "undefined"), to Harry Potter’s archenemy, Lord Voldemort. In a tweet Tuesday morning, Rowling responded sby aying Lord Voldemort, who calls on his followers to exterminate wizards and witches who have non-magical blood (or Muggles), wasn’t nearly as bad as the business mogul. > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/674196610683940864)  Getty Images, Warner Bros ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4140185/j-k-rowling-donald-trump-voldemort/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4140185/j-k-rowling-donald-trump-voldemort/"},"headline":"J.K. Rowling Just Compared Donald Trump to Voldemort and Guess Who She Thinks Is Worse","datePublished":"2015-12-08T12:33:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:46:46.928Z","description":"The Harry Potter author weighs in","url":"https://time.com/4140185/j-k-rowling-donald-trump-voldemort/","keywords":["Newsfeed","republicans","2016 Election topic","Internet","movies","celebrities","JK Rowling","entertainment","Donald Trump","2016 Republicans"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4eaef198c9e89fd8/69887449196cf485d40395a2/trump_voldemort.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4eaef198c9e89fd8/69887449196cf485d40395a2/trump_voldemort.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"trump_voldemort","caption":"","creditText":"Getty Images, Warner Bros","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4140185/j-k-rowling-donald-trump-voldemort/","name":"J.K. Rowling Just Compared Donald Trump to Voldemort and Guess Who She Thinks Is Worse"}}]}] ```