Last week, actor and Activist Sean Penn appeared on CNN and sat down with journalist Jim Acosta. During the interview, Penn stressed that he feared that Americans would not yet see the worst that Donald Trump could do during his second term. He warned his fellow Americans that they “should consider worst case scenarios” whenever it comes to Trump, who just last month saw damning polls reveal he was losing his popularity with voters.
Sean Penn Issues Warning
“I do think it’s a reasonable theory that Donald Trump is not unlike the spouse of someone who leaves him, perhaps for another, who then murders their former partner because if they can’t have her, nobody can,” Penn said. “I think Donald Trump and his solipsism may have that relationship with the world and that this destruction is, in part, a power play, and also a literal intention of his final out.”
Third Term
Acosta asked Sean Penn if he believed that Trump would move forward with threats to serve a third term as president and the actor replied, “I think he might try to destroy the world before he ages out of life. … I think it’s him stubbing his toe to declare martial law and postpone elections.”
Penn is well-known for supporting left-wing causes. He has also called Trump out on several different occasions. In 2018, he referred to Trump as an “enemy of compassion.” Penn wrote, “President Donald Trump is an enemy of Americans, Republicans, Democrats, Independents, and every new child born. An enemy of mankind. He is indeed an enemy of the state.”
Sean Penn, Long-Time Trump Critic
Penn is a two-time Oscar winner and has been an outspoken critic of Trump and the Republican Party for years. In December of last year, Sean Penn called out the film industry for its response to “The Apprentice.” In the film, actor Sebastian Stan played Trump in the 70s and 80s as a New York real estate mogul. “They, too, can be as afraid as a piddly little Republican congressman,” he said at the time.
Penn’s Latest Project
Penn was the executive producer of “Words of War,” which starred Maxine Peake and Jason Isaacs. The film tells the tale of Anna Politkovskaya, a Russian journalist and human rights activist who was murdered in 2008.
“One of the things about Anna Politkovskaya as a journalist is that she was incredibly brave, but the reason it’s magnified is because she was one of so few who were willing to take those chances,” Sean Penn said of the film that releases next week. “What we are seeing in this country is incredible cowardice in so much of the media, and therefore, those who are brave stand alone; those who are brave in the face of fascism are at great risk. That’s what this story is all about.”
