apprentice Actor Jeremy Strong, perhaps best known for his role as Kendall Roy in the HBO series succession series, has recently compared Donald Trump to dictators Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong and Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels.
also, succession Celebrities also support mainstream media such as CNN, NBC, and the New York Times.
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Strong’s incendiary comments came at the Cannes Film Festival ahead of the premiere of the Donald Trump biopic apprentice,in succession Star plays Roy Marcus Cohen, the former president’s lawyer and mentor.
“I desperately wish I could be with you right now, but I’m on stage in New York performing Henrik Ibsen’s play An Enemy of the People,” read apprentice Director Ali Abbasi represents Strong.
He continued, “The term ‘enemy of the people’ has been used by Stalin, Mao Zedong, Goebbels and most recently, Donald Trump, when he denounced press freedom and called out CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, [and] The New York Times, the fake news media.
“We live in a world where truth is under attack, and the attack on truth in America in many ways began in the vicious chrysalis of Donald Trump’s apprenticeship under Roy Cohn,” he added. “Cohen was called an ‘assault expert’ by the National Law Journal, and at this dangerous moment in history, we are living through the long, dark shadow of Roy Cohn.”
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Abbasi went on to quote Strong, saying, “His legacy of lies, outright denialism, manipulation, [and] A blatant disregard for the truth has had dire consequences. Ali Abbasi made a monster movie where one begets the other.
“In the words of the 11th-century Persian poet Omar Khayyam, this is an attempt to understand ‘yesterday’s preparation for today’s madness,'” Strong’s statement concluded.
Abbasi himself spent a lot of time at the premiere smearing Trump. apprenticedeclared: “When we made this movie, everyone said, why are you making a movie about Trump? If you want to tell something about the world, do it in a beautiful way, a metaphor way to tell.
“How about a World War II movie? How about a World War I movie? How about an American independent movie? How about a Russian invasion movie?” the director recalled being suggested for a movie, adding, “The key was that there wasn’t very much. Good metaphorical way to deal with the rising tide of fascism.
Starring Marvel actor Sebastian Stan as young Donald Trump, synopsis apprentice The book reads: “New York, 1970s: As ambitious tycoon Donald J. Trump is determined to escape the shadow of his powerful father and make a name for himself in the Manhattan real estate world, he is in the midst of Early in his career, he met a man who would become an American real estate tycoon in New York.
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The influential lawyer saw hope in the young Donald, who secured espionage convictions against Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and worked with Senator Joseph McCarthy to investigate suspected Communists. Teach his new assistant how to amass wealth and power through deception, intimidation and media manipulation. The rest is history,” the synopsis concludes.
Abbasi’s statement that Trump is a fascist pales in comparison to the director’s statements in the film. According to Variety, apprentice There is a rape scene in the film in which Trump sees his ex-wife Ivanka being thrown to the floor and then having non-consensual sex with her.
“In this controversial scene, Ivana playfully shows her husband a book about the virtues of female orgasm,” the outlet described. “But the interaction between the two quickly turned dark as an uninterested Trump told his wife he was no longer attracted to her.”
“They argued, and then Trump threw her to the ground. Trump sneered: ‘Is this your G-spot?’ “Have I found it?”
Steven Cheung, a political consultant and Trump campaign spokesman, addressed the controversial scene in a speech on Monday. apprenticethreatened legal action against the filmmakers, declaring, “We will file lawsuits to address the blatantly false claims made by these fake filmmakers.”
“This garbage is pure fiction and it incites lies that have long been exposed,” Zhang charged. “Like the illegal Biden trial, this is election interference by Hollywood elites who know President Trump will return to the White House. And defeat the candidate they chose because nothing they did worked.”
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