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Robert Redford's Scathing Words About Donald Trump Are Going Viral

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You’ve probably heard the news that actor Robert Redford has passed away at the age of 89.

Donald Trump was asked about it Tuesday morning and said something to the effect of "there was a time he was the hottest."

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He also commented that Redford dying in his sleep was "a good way to go, I guess."

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Well, Trump will probably be taking those statements back!

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Robert Redford's 2019 editorial for NBC News, called "President Trump's dictator-like administration is attacking the values America holds dear," is going viral.

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He was not a DJT fan!

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The editorial starts off with a bang: "We’re up against a crisis I never thought I’d see in my lifetime: a dictator-like attack by President Donald Trump on everything this country stands for."

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He goes on to say, "What is happening, right now, is so deeply disturbing that instead of the United States of America, we are now defined as the Divided States of America. Leaders on both sides lack the fundamental courage to cross political aisles on behalf of what is good for the American people."

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And then he ends it with this: "Let’s go back to being the leader the world so desperately needs. Let’s return, quickly, to being simply ... Americans."

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Surely, someone will tell Trump about this, and we'll get a 2:17 a.m. Truth Social rant. Stand by!

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