Topics: Donald Trump, Politics, Social Media, Celebrity, Artificial Intelligence
The White House has clapped back at Star Wars favorite Mark Hamill for sharing an artificial intelligence picture of the president in a grave with the caption 'if only'.
The actor has been branded as a 'sick individual' by the White House for posting the snap on May 6, which Hamill has since deleted.
The controversial picture, posted on Bluesky, depicted Donald Trump lying in an open grave surrounded by daisies. His headstone read 'Donald J. Trump 1946 - 2024'.
Hamill, 74, who has long been a critic of Trump and his administration, penned alongside it: "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."
Advert
"Long enough to realise he'll be disgraced in the history books, forevermore," the actor went on.
The White House's 'Rapid Response' Twitter account has reacted to Hamill's post and called him 'sick'.
"@MarkHamill is one sick individual," it said. "These Radical Left lunatics just can’t help themselves."
The scathing response continued: "This kind of rhetoric is exactly what has inspired three assassination attempts in two years against our President."
Hamill has since spoken out once more and apologized. He said: "Actually, I was wishing him the opposite of dead, but apologise if you found the image inappropriate."
It's not uncommon for the White House to have beef with celebrities and it has often called out stars like Hamill for criticizing Trump.
Back in March, 'Blow' hitmaker Kesha slammed the Trump administration for using her hit 2010 song in a TikTok.
"It's come to my attention that The White House has used one of my songs on TikTok to incite violence and threaten war," she wrote on Twitter at the time.
"Trying to make light of war is disgusting and inhumane. I absolutely do NOT approve of my music being used to promote violence of any kind.
"Love always trumps hate. please love yourself and each other in times like this," Kesha continued.
White House director of communications Steven Cheung went on to respond to Kesha's remarks.
Sharing a screenshot of her Instagram Story addressing the matter, Cheung penned on social media: "All these 'singers' keep falling for this.
"This just gives us more attention and more view counts to our videos because people want to see what they’re b*tching about."
"Thank you for your attention to this matter," he concluded his post.
Meow.
