Overview
- - Mark Hamill shared a BlueSky post that pictured President Trump in a grave under a headstone reading “Donald J. Trump 1946–2024” with the caption “If Only.”
- - In text alongside the image, Hamill wrote that Trump should live to see a crushing political defeat and face accountability, including impeachment and conviction.
- - The post spread widely online and drew sharp criticism, including the administration’s Rapid Response account labeling Hamill a “sick individual.”
- - Sensitivity to violent rhetoric is high after prosecutors charged FAA employee Dean DelleChiaie with threatening to kill the president and, days earlier, charged Cole Allen following gunfire outside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner that prosecutors said targeted Trump.
- - Coverage from conservative outlets highlighted the post’s timing and linked it to a broader pattern they see in Hollywood commentary, noting Hamill’s recent Obama library promo and his earlier BlueSky note questioning whether the dinner shooting was a hoax.