--- title: Watch Superheroes React: Donald Trump Elected President description: A video mashup of superhero reactions to the news is dark, yet empowering. canonical: https://time.com/4566025/donald-trump-superhero-reaction-video/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-10T12:53:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:36.917Z og:title: Donald Trump Won, and These Superheroes Are Not Having It og:description: A video mashup of superhero reactions to the news is dark, yet exciting. og:url: https://time.com/4566025/donald-trump-superhero-reaction-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Won, and These Superheroes Are Not Having It twitter:description: A video mashup of superhero reactions to the news is dark, yet exciting. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Donald Trump Won, and These Superheroes Are Not Happy  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Nov 10, 2016 12:53 PM UTC  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Nov 10, 2016 12:53 PM UTC If you’re wondering how the [superhuman community](http://time.com/4558291/doctor-strange-deadpool-superhero-movies/) has responded to Donald Trump’s surprise win in the Presidential election, [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pyVPfCdtcg) can help. YouTube user [DrMachakil](https://www.youtube.com/user/DrMachakil) posted a mashup of scenes from [various superhero movies](http://time.com/4293629/do-americans-know-more-about-super-heroes-than-american-presidents/), interspersed with news reports from election night and video of Trump’s victory speech. Figures including Spiderman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Thor and more gazed on with what seems like silent horror at the news. When the “Imperial March” from _Star Wars_ begins, you get the sense it’s only the beginning of a movie that somehow pits a very large superhero community against the new U.S. President. Check out the compilation above to see that unlikely scenario begin to unfold. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4566025/donald-trump-superhero-reaction-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4566025/donald-trump-superhero-reaction-video/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Won, and These Superheroes Are Not Happy","datePublished":"2016-11-10T12:53:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:44:36.917Z","description":"A video mashup of superhero reactions to Tuesday night's news","url":"https://time.com/4566025/donald-trump-superhero-reaction-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","2016 Election","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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/4566025/donald-trump-superhero-reaction-video/","name":"Donald Trump Won, and These Superheroes Are Not Happy"}}]}] ```