Pedro Almodovar says Donald Trump “will go down in history as a catastrophe”
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Spanish director Pedro Almodovar has criticised US President Donald Trump and said the Republican politician “will go down in history as a catastrophe”.
Almodovar made an impassioned speech on April 28th when he received the 50th annual ‘Chaplin Award from Film’ at the Lincoln Center in Manhattan.
“I doubted if it was appropriate to come to a country ruled by a narcissistic authority, who doesn’t respect human rights,” he began his acceptance speech by saying.
The Room Next Door filmmaker continued: “Trump and his friends, millionaires and oligarchs, cannot convince us that the reality we are seeing with our own eyes is the opposite of what we are living, however much he may twist the words, claiming that they mean the opposite of what they do. Immigrants are not criminals. It was Russia that invaded Ukraine.”
Almodovar then directly addressed Trump, adding, “Mr Trump, I’m talking to you, and I hope that you hear what I’m going to say to you. You will go down in history as the greatest mistake of our time. Your naiveté is only comparable to your violence. You will go down in history as one of the greatest damages to humanity… You will go down in history as a catastrophe.”
Elsewhere in his speech, Almodovar used his platform to express support for transgender rights following Trump targeting the community with executive orders. According to Variety, he compared these tactics to Francisco Franco, the former fascist leader of Spain.
Almodovar also took a moment to send love home amid the power outage in Spain, adding, “I’m very worried about what is currently going on in Spain. As you may know, there is a power outage that is affecting the whole country. So my thoughts are with everyone impacted by this situation.”
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