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Sean Penn keeps up with his opinion Donald Trumps second term as president. In Jim Acostas Substack Podcast The actor said that he was concerned about whether Trump would try to stay in office.
Sean Penn warns of Trump: “He could destroy the world before he dies”
“We should consider the worst scenarios,” said Penn, after talking about the President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele. “I think it is a plausible theory that Donald Trump resembles a spouse who will leave. Maybe even by another. And who then murdered his former partner because he cannot have it. And nobody else should have him. I think Donald Trump and his solipsism have a similar relationship to the world. And this destruction is partly a game game. But also his literal intention to exit.”
From Bukele to Trump – Penn’s concern about abuse of power
Acosta then asked Penn if he believed that Donald would resign at the end of his term. “I think he could try to destroy the world before it gets old,” replied Penn.
The congress member Eric Swalwellwho was also a guest in the podcast and together with Penn as the executive producer of the new film Words of War functions, added that there is never a “successor plan” with wannabe dictators.
“What worries me is that if he doesn’t believe that there is someone who can protect him, he will go even further to protect himself,” said Swalwell. ‘Our only hope is a congress that controls him. A press reported about it. An independent court that decides. In addition, a city square full of Americans who ‘never’ say. ”
Penn was a guest together with Acosta to advertise “Words of War”, a film with Maxine Peak and Jason Isaacs, who was about the Russian journalist Anna Politkowskaja, who was murdered in 2005 in front of her apartment in Moscow.
Eric Swalwell warns of “dictatorial logic without successor”
“Those who believe that something like this cannot happen here have not recognized the clear signs that it will happen. Unless people are committed and are enlightened,” said Penn. “We are currently experiencing what the Russians went through in our country.”
The actor also took Trump in one recent interview with Forbes about Words of War and said that “we are absolutely there”.
Words of War: Penn’s film project on authoritarian systems
“This cannot be denied,” said Penn. “Sometimes people are cautious. Or are reserved in the media if they don’t want to call everything by name. Although it is a five-alarm fire. Think about the fact that President Trump said in his first election campaign that he could shoot someone on the Fifth Avenue. Nobody would do something about it. Of course. Words of War.. “
Penn’s long-standing Trump criticism: “enemy of the state”
Penn has long been a Trump critic. In 2018 he wrote a devastating comment for Timein which he described Trump as “enemy of the state”.
“The solution for our current split is not in the White House,” wrote Penn. “Instead, we will only find unity if we realize that we may have chosen an enemy of compassion with our current president for the first time in our history. In fact, we can also be united with each other. But also with Africa, El Salvador, Haiti, Mexico, the Middle East. And also when we realize that President Donald Trump is an enemy of Americans, the Democrats, the independent and Every new child is an enemy of humanity.