Jim Carrey attacks Donald Trump in new artwork after sharing grief over New Zealand terror attack

Actor regularly shares art inspired by the news cycle

Clémence Michallon
New York
Monday 18 March 2019 19:09 GMT
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Jim Carrey presents the Vanguard Award onstage at the 30th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Film Awards Gala at Palm Springs Convention Center on 3 January, 2019 in Palm Springs, California.
Jim Carrey presents the Vanguard Award onstage at the 30th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Film Awards Gala at Palm Springs Convention Center on 3 January, 2019 in Palm Springs, California.

Jim Carrey has slammed Donald Trump in new artwork, saying “innocent people are now being slaughtered” in his name, a day after expressing his grief for the New Zealand terror attacks in a different piece.

The actor, who frequently shares his reflections on the news cycle through his art, shared a new piece over the weekend, in which Mr Trump is represented as an asteroid rapidly approaching the Earth. with a swastika on his forehead.

“Innocent people are now being slaughtered, families ruined and childrens’ lives destroyed. All in his name,” Carrey wrote.

“If the Craven Republican Senate allows this vile miscreant to continue encouraging divisiveness, the ‘Trump Presidency’ will become an EXTINCTION LEVEL EVENT.”

On the previous day, Carrey posted another artwork on Twitter, this time expressing his sorrow following Friday’s attacks, which targeted two mosques and left 50 dead.

He drew a partial self-portrait that shows him shedding tears, with an aerial view of New Zealand drawn where the pupil and iris would usually be.

“My heart is with you New Zealand. My tears are for all of us,” the actor wrote vertically next to the illustration.​

Mr Trump tweeted on Monday that he was being unfairly blamed for the New Zealand terror attacks.

The alleged gunman in last week’s attacks left a document in which he called himself a white nationalist and referred to Mr Trump as “a symbol of renewed white identity”.

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Mr Trump had expressed sympathy for the victims, but played down the threat of white nationalism across the world, saying he didn’t consider it a rising threat despite data suggesting it’s growing.

Additional reporting by agencies.

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