Sunday, October 18, 2020

Celebrities threatening to leave the U.S. if Trump is re-elected


Before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, about two dozen celebrities made empty promises to move out of the country if Donald Trump was elected.
Four years later, with polls firmly showing Trump losing re-election, Hollywood celebrities haven’t been making such promises in the same numbers. But a few have raised the possibility. They include actress Kate Mulgrew, actor Alan Cumming, singer John Legend and his wife, model Chrissy Teigen. The list also includes rockers Bruce Springsteen, Tommy Lee and Stevie Nicks.
Mulgrew, star of “Star Trek: Voyager” and “Orange Is the New Black,” promised to move to Ireland if Trump gets re-elected. She has family ties to Ireland. (See articles by Irish Central and RTE.)
Scottish-born Cumming is a dual citizen of the U.S. and U.K. He currently lives in New York. He said he may leave his adopted home if Trump is re-elected. (See article by the Daily Mail.)
Legend said he and Teigen are so “exhausted” and “embarrassed” by Trump’s leadership that they’ve considered leaving the country. (See articles by Cosmopolitan and Inquisitr.)
Springsteen said he might hop on a plane to Australia if Trump wins re-election. (See Fox News article.)
Lee vowed to leave the U.S. if Trump wins a second term in office. He said he might move to Greece if Trump wins. (See articles by the Hill, CNN and Fox News.)
Nicks said she’s leaving the country if Trump wins again. (See articles by Variety and Outsider.)
Meanwhile, President Trump joked that he may flee the country if he loses to Democrat Joe Biden in the Nov. 3 election. (See articles by the Daily Mail and Business Insider.)

Related reading:

Celebrities who vowed to leave the country before a Trump presidency. (Tech-media-tainment; Jan. 20, 2017)

Photo: President Donald Trump from the Trump 2020 campaign website.

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