A Hollywood icon has found himself in hot water after posting an AI photo depicting President Donald Trump deceased in a grave.
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Star Wars star Mark Hamill has long been a vocal critic of Trump. That's only increased in recent years. But many felt that the actor went one step too far in his latest social media post. It depicted the president lying dead in an open grave.
Keep in mind that Trump has experienced multiple assassination attempts so far. The latest came recently at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. To make the post even worse, Hamill captioned it with, "If Only."
"He 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 realize he'll be disgraced in the history books, forevermore," Hamill wrote.
As you can imagine, the backlash was immense. In particular, the White House condemned the social media post for suggesting violence against the president.
Donald Trump Post Gains Controversy
"Barack Hussein Obama just appeared in a video with this deranged lunatic three days ago. Now this same person is calling for President Trump to die," White House spokesman Davis Ingle told Fox News Digital in a statement. "Why won't Obama and Democrats condemn this disgusting call to violence?"
Apparently, Hamill eventually felt the heat. The actor deleted the original post of Trump. He then uploaded a new post. It featured Trump with wild hair instead.
"Accurate Edit for Clarity: 'He should live long enough to...be held accountable for his...crimes.' Actually, I was wishing him the opposite of dead, but apologize if you found the image inappropriate," Hamill wrote.
It's hardly the first time that Hamill has spoken out against Trump. But it is probably the most violent display.
"It's one thing for him to have sneaked by the first time — when he got re-elected, that's on us," Hamill said on the "WTF with Marc Maron" podcast in September. "That's [what] I'm really ashamed of — because I always thought there are more decent Americans, honest Americans than there are others."
