Mark Hamill says he almost left the US after Trump’s reelection
“Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill has revealed that he was considering leaving the United States after President Donald Trump’s re-election in 2024.
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WASHINGTON — The White House is at war with Luke Skywalker.
Actor Mark Hamill, known for his role as Skywalker in the Star Wars series, posted a post on social media about President Donald Trump that referred to the future president’s death, drawing criticism from the White House.
Hamill’s May 6 post on Blue Sky, which was deleted after receiving backlash, featured the caption “If so” attached to a photo (apparently AI-generated) of Trump lying in front of a tombstone that read “Donald Trump, 1946-2024.”
“If he does, he should live long enough to face his inevitable and devastating defeat in the midterm elections, be held accountable for unprecedented corruption, impeached, convicted, and humiliated for a myriad of crimes,” Hamill wrote in a now-deleted post. “Just long enough to realize he will be forever disgraced in the history books. #don_TheCON.”
The White House condemned Hamill’s post, pointing to multiple assassination threats facing President Trump, including the April 24 shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Prosecutors have charged the 31-year-old gunman who allegedly tried to break into the dinner party with attempted assassination of President Trump and weapons offenses.
“Mark Hamill is a sick man,” the White House wrote in the X newspaper. “These radical left-wing lunatics are hopeless. This kind of rhetoric is what led to three assassination attempts on our president in two years.”
Amid the uproar, Hamill deleted the post on May 8 and issued a new statement about Bluesky, saying, “Edited for accuracy for clarity: ‘He should live long enough to be held accountable for his… crimes.'” I was actually hoping he would die, but I apologize if you thought the image was inappropriate. ” Attached is a photo of President Trump with his hair tousled by the wind.
Hamill, 74, an outspoken supporter of the Democratic Party, met with former President Joe Biden at the White House in 2024, which included stopping by the briefing room to address reporters. Hamill said he was moving from the United States after Trump won the 2024 presidential election.
This week, Hamill appeared in two videos with former President Barack Obama promoting the Obama Presidential Center, which opened in June.
“Barack Hussein Obama just appeared in a video with this crazy person three days ago,” White House Press Secretary Davis Ingle said in a statement to USA TODAY. “Now this same person is calling for President Trump’s death. Why aren’t Obama and the Democratic Party condemning this abhorrent call to violence?”
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