Hollywood star Richard Guerre Called President Trump will turn “bullies” and “thugs” into “thugs” in his acceptance speech at the Spanish Academy's Goya Awards Saturday night.
While accepting the Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award, Gere warned of the “slippery slopes” to authoritarianism in the United States and elsewhere, urging the public to be vigilant.
“We're in a very dark place in America, so I have now thugs where we're bullies and the president of America,” Gere said in his speech. I said that. applause.
“But it's not just the US,” he continued. “It's everywhere. Everywhere.”
Gere said he read a letter from the New York Times from someone in Hungary who described it as “a slippery slope of how this happens everywhere.”
“Authoritarianism takes us everywhere,” Gere continued. “We must be vigilant. We must be vigilant. We must be energetic. We must be brave. We must be courageous. I have to put it out.”
“And everyone who sees this in the Spanish-speaking world and elsewhere, we stand up, tell the truth, be honest, and for the basic kindness of our lives. We must be willing to see that there is a place in everything for basic love and understanding and embrace of each other,” he continued.
