Power Rangers creator Haim Saban receives a Hollywood star and hits out at Trump
Egyptian-born entertainment mogul says he’s heartbroken at ‘the breaking up of families’ under US president’s crackdown on undocumented migrants – and tells fans he’s had a lucky life
Entertainment mogul Haim Saban, creator of the Power Rangers empire, was honoured on Wednesday for services to television – and used the occasion to berate US President Donald Trump for his immigration policies.
The 62-year-old Israeli-American billionaire, who turned the teen superhero franchise into one of the longest-running children’s shows of all time, was receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame when his thoughts turned to Trump.
“I’m heartbroken [at] the breaking up of families, the way it’s happening right now,” he said of the president’s crackdown on undocumented migrants and court-challenged 90-day ban on entry to the United States by people from six Muslim-majority countries.
“It’s a very saddening thing, it’s not who we are as Americans. We are not that.”
Saban, a father of four children and native of Alexandria, Egypt, moved to Israel when he was 12, attending agricultural school, serving in the Israeli Defence Forces and building a tour promotion business.