Sean Penn says Trump ‘may attempt to destroy the world earlier than he ages out of life’

Sean Penn is making ready for the worst of Trump 2.0 and thinks everybody else ought to too.

Penn mentioned the president's said plans with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele to deport Americans to El Salvador's infamous CECOT jail on a current episode of journalist Jim Acosta's self-titled podcast.

"Earlier than Bukele will get to that time the place he's coping with one other chief, we must always think about worst-case situations," the two-time Oscar winner mentioned.

"I do suppose it's an affordable idea that Donald Trump just isn’t not like the partner of somebody who leaves him, maybe for one more, who then murders their former companion, as a result of if they will't have her, no one can," Penn continued. "I feel Donald Trump, in his solipsism, could have that relationship with the world, and that this destruction is partially an influence play."

When requested if he thinks Trump will try and unconstitutionally lengthen his presidency in 2028 by working for a 3rd time period (a transfer the president has beforehand hinted at, however just lately backed away from), Penn was much more dire: "I feel he may attempt to destroy the world earlier than he ages out of life."

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The 64-year-old star of Milk and Mystic River has lengthy been forthright together with his progressive political opinions. Penn was a tireless critic of President George W. Bush, visiting Baghdad in 2002 forward of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq the next 12 months to induce a detente between the 2 nations.

Twenty years on, he stays outspoken, more and more fusing his appearing together with his activism within the type of movies just like the 2021 documentary Citizen Penn and gestures like lending Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy one in every of his Oscar statuettes in 2022.

"Whenever you win, convey it again to Malibu," Penn informed the chief amid the continued Russia-Ukraine warfare.

That September, Penn's criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin and assist of Zelenskyy acquired him completely banned from coming into Russia, together with fellow Putin critic Ben Stiller.

Penn could also be extra devoted to his politics than the typical entertainment-industry mainstay, however he's removed from alone in Hollywood in his criticism of Trump.

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Robert De Niro continues his unceasing verbal onslaught on the president, saying in September, "He's a jerk, an fool. Who needs to satisfy a clown like that?" Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo took goal at Trump's harsh immigration coverage on a March episode of The View, questioning, "Why are outdated white males the one ones who’re allowed to be felons?"

You’ll be able to watch the remainder of Penn's interview on the Could 1 episode of The Jim Acosta Present above.

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