Morgan Freeman has criticized Donald Trump in a recent interview, calling the president a “felon”.
The actor appeared on MS NOW and delivered a blunt assessment of Trump’s second stint in the White House.
In the conversation, the Shawshank Redemption star accused Trump of “leading us down a s**t hole” and pointed to the legal fallout surrounding the former president.
Freeman referenced Trump’s 34 felony convictions for falsifying business records, tied to payments made to an adult film star.
Although Trump received an unconditional discharge — meaning no jail time or fines — he is appealing the outcome.
Even so, unless the convictions are overturned, Trump is legally considered a felon.
Freeman said he couldn’t understand how a “convicted felon” could hold the presidency.
He said: “We have somebody sitting in the White House who’s leading us down a s**t hole. I can’t personally understand how a convicted felon, convicted, 34 felonies, counts of wrongdoing, gets to be president. How do you do that?”
Freeman added: “It just doesn’t make sense to me.”
Later in the interview, Freeman drew a stark historical comparison while discussing Trump’s immigration crackdown, saying it reminded him of “Germany in 1935”.
Last Word host Lawrence O’Donnell asked: “With your life experience, did it feel like we were going backwards?”
“I’m constantly reminded of Germany in 1935,’ Freeman replied.
“What was happening there, the Brownshirts, those people that are marching through, particularly Berlin and rounding up people, putting them in boxcars, sending them off.”
Freeman also encouraged those worried about the country’s direction to take part in elections.
“I don’t know what I would say to young people, other than, if you are at all aware of where we’re headed, where we are right now and where we’re headed,” he said.
“And if you don’t agree with it, there was one sure way to change the direction of our country: vote.”
Separately, reports have surfaced alleging poor and inhumane conditions inside detention centers.
Speaking to the Independent, Elora Mukherjee — director of Columbia Law School’s Immigrants’ Rights Clinic — raised concerns about a reported measles outbreak at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in rural Texas.
“Hundreds of children and families remain detained and at risk at Dilley. This is unconscionable,” she said, adding: “Detaining immigrant children in inhumane and degrading conditions is illegal, unconstitutional, and un-American.”