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Richard Gere Calls Trump Maniac, Warns Dictatorship Threat

6/4/2026

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Richard Gere called President Donald Trump a “maniac” at the Oslo Freedom Forum.
He said Trump dismantled almost everything good in the U.S. government and people on his first day.
Gere warned that public apathy creates a “dictatorship of the monsters,” citing a recent Dachau visit as proof democracies can collapse.
While receiving a lifetime-achievement award at Spain’s Goya Awards in February 2025, he called Trump a “bully and thug.”

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Richard Gere called President Donald Trump a “maniac” at the Oslo Freedom Forum.
He said Trump dismantled almost everything good in the U.S. government and people on his first day.
Gere warned that public apathy creates a “dictatorship of the monsters,” citing a recent Dachau visit as proof democracies can collapse.
While receiving a lifetime-achievement award at Spain’s Goya Awards in February 2025, he called Trump a “bully and thug.”