Sean Penn fears Americans haven’t seen the worst of President Donald Trump’s second term just yet.
Appearing on former CNN journalist Jim Acosta’s Substack podcast last week, Penn said U.S. citizens “should consider worst case scenarios” with regard to the president, who last month was hit with a number of damning polls showing his popularity plummeting with voters.
“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.”
Asked whether he believes Trump will pursue a third term as the president himself has alluded to, the “Mystic River” actor noted: “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.”
A two-time Oscar winner, Penn has been an outspoken critic of Trump and other GOP lawmakers for years.
