In yet another display of Hollywood’s tone-deaf radicalism, far-left actress Rosie O’Donnell — best known for her Trump Derangement Syndrome and her empty 2016 threat to “move to Ireland” if he won — is now calling for a nationwide “mass blackout” to sabotage the American economy and protest President Donald Trump’s administration.
O’Donnell announced the stunt on Instagram Wednesday evening, October 22, posting an image without a caption but filled with dramatic language about shutting down the U.S. economy for an entire week — from November 25 to December 2 — in what she’s calling the “largest economic blackout protest in U.S. history.”
The post, dripping with self-importance, screamed in all caps: “WE’RE NOT ASKING. WE’RE SHUTTING IT DOWN.” It demanded that leftists across the country refuse to work, spend, or attend events for an entire week, claiming this would somehow cripple the Trump economy — the same economy that has seen record growth, rising wages, and a roaring stock market since the president returned to office.
The post instructed participants: “No Work – No Projects – No Spending – No Events – No Restaurants – NO BACKING OUT!!! Prepare for the IMPACT!” It also bizarrely advised activists to avoid “spike spending” before or after the boycott and instead purchase only from “community-owned stores and markets.”
Of course, O’Donnell ignored the glaring irony that most major corporations she’s trying to “punish” — from Amazon to Google — already bankroll Democrat candidates and woke causes. Her “economic resistance” would hurt ordinary Americans, small businesses, and working families far more than the billionaires she claims to oppose.
Even some of O’Donnell’s own followers pointed out the obvious flaws in her plan. One commenter quipped, “That’s so nice of you to pay my rent and car note since my check will be short a week.” Another wrote, “This is great for people that are privileged enough to do this. A lot of small biz will suffer with a week of no sales.”
One skeptical user noted, “Or we could pledge to only spend at small independent businesses all week. And then the next week and forever. But one week is cool too.”
Others, though, eagerly jumped on the performative bandwagon, vowing to “cancel Spotify,” “ditch AT&T,” and “stop making billionaires richer” — as if giving up their streaming subscriptions and next-day deliveries would bring down the global economy or stop President Trump.
Conservatives, meanwhile, were quick to mock the idea as yet another example of Hollywood’s political delusion. “Rosie O’Donnell really thinks skipping Starbucks for a week will topple capitalism,” one commentator joked. “This is what happens when millionaires who don’t work real jobs pretend to lead revolutions.”
Critics also pointed out that Trump’s economic policies have consistently benefited the middle class, not hurt it — lowering taxes, reducing regulations, and creating millions of jobs. The idea that leftists refusing to shop for seven days could “crash” such an economy is laughable.
O’Donnell’s so-called “blackout” is less a political protest and more a virtue-signaling tantrum from a celebrity who has been raging against Trump for nearly a decade. For most Americans, it’s just another reminder that Hollywood elites live in a fantasy world — one where skipping Amazon Prime deliveries for a week somehow counts as courage.
As one conservative pundit summed it up: “Rosie can boycott America all she wants — the rest of us will keep showing up for work and making this country great again.”
