--- description: Tom Hanks says Donald Trump will be president "when spaceships come down filled with dinosaurs in red capes." title: Tom Hanks Says Donald Trump Will Be President When 'Spaceships Come Down' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt907022e3a8293789/69889096cf40a83395c42f97/gettyimages-524189174.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Tom Hanks Says Donald Trump Will Be President When 'Spaceships Come Down' ## Video: Why It's So Hard to Attack Trump [Watch (HLS stream): Why It's So Hard to Attack Trump](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/X3BpgQ9x.m3u8) (3:13)  _Published 2016-03-02. Now, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are attempting to beat him at his own game—but will any attacks against Trump actually stick?_  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Apr 25, 2016 10:41 PM CUT  Tom Hanks at BFI Southbank on April 25, 2016 in London, England. Tom Hanks at BFI Southbank on April 25, 2016 in London, England.Fred Duval—2016 Fred Duval  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Apr 25, 2016 10:41 PM CUT Tom Hanks says Donald Trump will be president “when spaceships come down filled with dinosaurs in red capes.” Speaking to [Sky News ](http://news.sky.com/story/1684988/tom-hanks-mocks-trumps-white-house-hopes "undefined")on the red carpet at the London premiere of his new movie, _A Hologram for the King,_ Hanks also took issue with Trump’s central campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.” “America’s already great so I don’t know what he is talking about,” said the Oscar-winning actor. Hanks, like many of his fellow Hollywood actors, is backing Hillary Clinton’s campaign. He joined Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Jessica Alba and more for a Clinton [fundraiser last year. ](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kim-kardashian-kanye-tom-hanks-813759 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4307323/tom-hands-donald-trump-spaceships-dinosaurs/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4307323/tom-hands-donald-trump-spaceships-dinosaurs/"},"headline":"Tom Hanks Says Donald Trump Will Be President When 'Spaceships Come Down'","datePublished":"2016-04-25T22:41:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:01:31.660Z","description":"\"America's already great,\" the actor said","url":"https://time.com/4307323/tom-hands-donald-trump-spaceships-dinosaurs/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","celebrities","Tom Hanks","Premiere","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt907022e3a8293789/69889096cf40a83395c42f97/gettyimages-524189174.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt907022e3a8293789/69889096cf40a83395c42f97/gettyimages-524189174.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"<> at BFI Southbank on April 25, 2016 in London, England.","caption":"<> at BFI Southbank on April 25, 2016 in London, England.","creditText":"Fred Duval—2016 Fred Duval","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/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4307323/tom-hands-donald-trump-spaceships-dinosaurs/","name":"Tom Hanks Says Donald Trump Will Be President When 'Spaceships Come Down'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Why It's So Hard to Attack Trump","description":"Now, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are attempting to beat him at his own game—but will any attacks against Trump actually stick?","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/X3BpgQ9x/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-03-02T21:21:26.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/X3BpgQ9x.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4307323/tom-hands-donald-trump-spaceships-dinosaurs/","duration":"PT3M13S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4307323/tom-hands-donald-trump-spaceships-dinosaurs/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```