--- title: President Trump Jokes The Oscars Needs His "Star" Power description: President Donald Trump has taken a stab at the 90th Academy Awards with a joke on Twitter. canonical: https://time.com/5187791/trump-trolls-oscars-ratings-on-twitter/ author: Flora Carr article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-06T16:22:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:09.915Z og:title: President Trump Jokes The Oscars Needs His 'Star' Power og:description: After he was derided during Sunday night's ceremony og:url: https://time.com/5187791/trump-trolls-oscars-ratings-on-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83748fe91ae26e9f/69892962096a94cfe96a1ae3/donald-trump-snl-baldwin-twitter.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: President Trump Meets With Steel And Aluminum Manufacturing Industry Leaders Announcing New Tariffs og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump Jokes The Oscars Needs His 'Star' Power twitter:description: After he was derided during Sunday night's ceremony twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83748fe91ae26e9f/69892962096a94cfe96a1ae3/donald-trump-snl-baldwin-twitter.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Just Took a Stab at the Oscars. He Joked They're in Need of His 'Star' Power. by [Flora Carr](/author/flora-carr/) ## Flora Carr Mar 6, 2018 4:22 PM CUT  U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a meeting with leaders of the steel industry at the White House March 1, 2018 in Washington, DC. Trump announced planned tariffs on imported steel and aluminum during the meeting, with details to be released at a later date. U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a meeting with leaders of the steel industry at the White House March 1, 2018 in Washington, DC. Trump announced planned tariffs on imported steel and aluminum during the meeting, with details to be released at a later date.Photo by Win McNamee—Getty Images by [Flora Carr](/author/flora-carr/) ## Flora Carr Mar 6, 2018 4:22 PM CUT [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/5187176/sam-nunberg-trump-robert-mueller/ "undefined") took to social media to comment on the low ratings for [the 90th Academy Awards](http://time.com/5187506/jennifer-garner-shocked-face-oscars-meme-response/ "undefined"), and he appeared to jokingly suggest that Hollywood was in need of his own “star” power. Trump tweeted on Tuesday morning, and weighed in on the news that this year’s Oscars ceremony was the least-watched in modern television history, [according to data released Monday by Nielsen](http://time.com/5186280/oscars-2018-ratings-low/ "undefined"). “Lowest rated Oscars in HISTORY,” the president tweeted. “Problem is, we don’t have Stars anymore – except your President (just kidding, of course)!” he added. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/971013841395027968) Trump was a subject of derision during this year’s Academy Awards ceremony; host Jimmy Kimmel, speaking about [Best Picture nominee _Get Out_,](http://time.com/money/5181745/get-out-daniel-kaluuya-best-picture/ "undefined") joked: “Donald Trump described this film as the best three quarters of a movie ever.” Lupita Nyong’o and Kumail Nanjiani, presenters of the Best Production Award on Sunday night, were both recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration program, and expressed their support for fellow “Dreamers”. Trump set a deadline of March 5 for Congress to address the fate of hundreds of thousands of people illegally brought to the U.S. when they were children, but the Supreme Court [granted DACA recipients](http://time.com/5175496/supreme-court-daca-dreamers-deadline/ "undefined") more time in February. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5187791/trump-trolls-oscars-ratings-on-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5187791/trump-trolls-oscars-ratings-on-twitter/"},"headline":"President Trump Just Took a Stab at the Oscars. 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