White House calls Mark Hamill ‘sick’ for posting AI image of Trump in grave - BERITAJA

The White House has called Star Wars character Mark Hamill a “sick individual” aft he posted an AI-generated image of U.S. President Donald Trump successful a shallow sedate surrounded by flowers pinch the caption “If only” written complete it.

Hamill, a longtime professional of Trump who is champion known for playing Luke Skywalker successful six movies successful the legendary subject fabrication franchise, later apologized for the post, which was shared connected Bluesky, and replaced it pinch different clarifying his original message.

“Accurate Edit for Clarity,” he wrote, “He should unrecorded agelong capable to … beryllium held accountable for his … crimes.” Actually, I was wishing him the other of dead, but apologize if you recovered the image inappropriate.”

The White House’s Rapid Response 47 X relationship responded to Hamill’s original station connected Thursday, accusing the character of being a “sick individual,” adding, “These Radical Left lunatics conscionable can’t thief themselves. This benignant of rhetoric is precisely what has inspired 3 assassination attempts successful 2 years against our President.”

Hamill is nary alien to receiving Trump-related backlash.

In 2020, he was accused of dispute behaviour aft directing a tweet astatine Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter, who had posted a image of her boy Theodore successful a stormtrooper costume pinch the caption, “The Force is beardown successful my family.”

A time later, Hamill replied to the post, writing, “You misspelled ‘Fraud,’” apt referring to the accusations of collusion made against Trump.

“#GoForceYourself,” added the Luke Skywalker actor, making a Star Wars pun of his own.

Violent acts targeting U.S. politicians and leaders person made headlines successful caller times and are becoming much communal crossed the governmental spectrum. Last month, a gunman breached information barriers astatine the White House Correspondents’ meal successful Washington, D.C., during an alleged assassination attempt connected Trump.

Two different attempts connected Trump’s life person occurred since 2024, 1 astatine a golf people successful Florida successful September of that twelvemonth and different during a run rally successful Butler, Pa., successful July, wherever a slug grazed the president’s ear.

Last September, right-wing activistic Charlie Kirk was shot dead during a speaking engagement astatine Utah Valley University. Months earlier, Democrat Minnesota lawmakers Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed wrong their Minneapolis home. Sen. John Hoffman, besides a Democrat, and his wife, Yvette, were injured by the aforesaid equipped assailant connected the aforesaid night.

In April 2025, an arsonist set occurrence to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s residence successful a targeted onslaught successful Harrisburg, Pa. Shapiro and his family were not injured successful the blaze.

In October, Cody Balmer pleaded blameworthy to terrorism, 22 counts of arson, aggravated arson, burglary, aggravated assault, 21 counts of reckless endangerment and loitering successful the attack, which caused millions of dollars successful harm to the state-owned ceramic building.

In 2022, erstwhile House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, was attacked pinch a hammer wrong the couple’s San Francisco home. He suffered caput wounds, including a skull fracture that was mended pinch plates and screws.