Overview

• Speaking to The Times, Hamill said he asked his wife to choose between relocating to London or Ireland after the 2024 election.
• He ultimately stayed after his wife questioned letting Trump drive them from their country, prompting him to conclude, “I’m not leaving.”
• Hamill described “the bullying, the incompetence, the people in place” under the administration and said he copes by treating politics like a sprawling novel.
• He linked his upcoming film The Long Walk to critiques of U.S. gun culture and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, alleging ICE agents have brutalized people.
• Coverage notes his long record of anti-Trump activism and support for Kamala Harris, with context that some entertainers, including Ellen DeGeneres and Rosie O’Donnell, have moved abroad.