More and more Hollywood faces have raised the voice against Donald Trump. From Kim Kardashian, who, to the words of or the open crusade of Bruce Springsteen or Robert Deniro, there are numerous known faces that have criticized the management of the US president.
One of the most hardly positioned with this and other causes such as the “genocide” in Palestine, is Richard Gere, whose career has been very marked by activism. Show this is that the actor of Pretty Woman He was present this Monday at the 10th anniversary dinner of the Open ARMS NGO, at the point of sight of ultra -right -wing organizations and parties such as Vox.
The actor went to the event together with his wife, Alejandra Silva, and other personalities in the world of culture such as Andreu Buenafuente or Rigoberta Bandini, politics such as Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun and civil society. There he loaded hard against Donald Trump and his management from the United States in his last term.
“We have a president who is completely … He is not only crazy. He is a very dark presence,” said the actor, who stressed that all the decisions he has made have made everything happen “very fast.” “In six months our country has almost destroyed,” he said.
Gere, who wore a tape with the Palestine flag in the event, also spoke with respect to Gaza’s situation. “Netanyahu has to go,” he has settled. “He and all who are with him have to leave,” he added. “There are many good people on the Palestinian side, but unfortunately most of them are in jail,” he said.
The actor has been closely linked to Open Arms for several years. In fact, in 2019 he was seen aboard one of his ships carrying food to the high seas while 121 newly saved immigrants from the shipwreck waited for destination port in Europe.
“They thank me for coming to support this cause but to whom you have to thank them is for their work and all the Spanish people for their solidarity,” explained the interpreter, who recalled the situation that those rescued in the sea live and that he himself could verify.
“The rescued told me their stories and each one was worse than the previous one: torture, rape, persecution … They told me that they preferred to die at sea than to stay where they were,” he told.
Gere stressed that “that same despair” is also seen in Gaza. And he has asked for applause for people who navigate in the flotilla that left Barcelona at the end of August.
