White House calls actor Mark Hamill ‘sick’ over Trump grave image
‘Star Wars’ actor deletes social media post of the gravestone image and sought to clarify his remarks
The White House called Star Wars star Mark Hamill “one sick individual” on Thursday after an AI-generated image of US President Donald Trump in a shallow grave was posted on one of the actor’s social media accounts.
“If Only” was inscribed on the image of Trump lying with his eyes closed next to a gravestone, surrounded by daisies, with the inscription “Donald J Trump 1946-2024”. The image was posted on Hamill’s verified Bluesky account.
Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in the classic Star Wars films that debuted in 1977, wrote that Trump “should live long enough to witness his inevitable devastating loss in the midterms, be held accountable for his unprecedented corruption, impeached, convicted & humiliated for his countless crimes”.
“Long enough to realise he’ll be disgraced in the history books, forevermore,” the actor added.
The White House responded on X, calling Hamill “one sick individual”.
“These Radical Left lunatics just can’t help themselves,” a post from the White House press team wrote. “This kind of rhetoric is exactly what has inspired three assassination attempts in two years against our President.”