Sean Penn Issues Warning About Donald Trump’s Second Term With 1 Chilling Comparison

Sean Penn fears Americans haven’t seen the worst of President Donald Trump’s second term just yet.

Appearing on former CNN journalist Jim Acosta’s Substack podcast last week, Penn said U.S. citizens “should consider worst case scenarios” with regard to the president, who last month was hit with a number of damning polls showing his popularity plummeting with voters.

“I do think it’s a reasonable theory that Donald Trump is not unlike the spouse of someone who leaves him, perhaps for another, who then murders their former partner because if they can’t have her, nobody can,” Penn said. “I think Donald Trump and his solipsism may have that relationship with the world and that this destruction is, in part, a power play, and also a literal intention of his final out.”

Asked whether he believes Trump will pursue a third term as the president himself has alluded to, the “Mystic River” actor noted: “I think he might try to destroy the world before he ages out of life. … I think it’s him stubbing his toe to declare martial law and postpone elections.”

A two-time Oscar winner, Penn has been an outspoken critic of Trump and other GOP lawmakers for years.

In December, he called out the film industry for its somewhat muted response to “The Apprentice,” in which actor Sebastian Stan portrayed Trump during his years as a real estate magnate in 1970s and ’80s New York.

“They, too, can be as afraid as a piddly little Republican congressman,” he said at the time.

Penn served as an executive producer on “Words of War,” starring Jason Isaacs and Maxine Peake. The film, which opened in theaters last week, is based on the life of Anna Politkovskaya (played by Peake), a Russian investigative journalist and human rights activist who was murdered in 2006.

“One of the things about Anna Politkovskaya as a journalist is that she was incredibly brave but the reason it’s magnified is because she was one of so few who were willing to take those chances,” Penn told Forbes of the film. “What we are seeing in this country is incredible cowardice in so much of the media, and therefore, those who are brave stand alone; those who are brave in the face of fascism are at great risk. That’s what this story is all about.”

Watch Sean Penn’s appearance on “The Jim Acosta Show” here. His comments on Trump possibly seeking a third term begin around the 46:42 mark.