Overview

• Sheen delivered the criticism during a live taping of Nicolle Wallace’s The Best People podcast at MSNBC’s MSNBC LIVE ’25 event.
• Addressing the president directly, he urged Trump to stop listening to “sycophants,” quit fussing over his appearance, and “speak from your heart and start being human.”
• He accused the cabinet of ego and “false worship,” describing a joyless room with “no heroes,” “no music,” and “no laughter.”
• Sheen invoked Robert F. Kennedy Sr. and the Cuban Missile Crisis as an example of leadership grounded in personal humanity.
• Right-leaning outlets highlighted the moment with pejorative language, labeling Sheen a “fake TV president” and calling the remarks an “unhinged screed,” while others reported the quotes more straightforwardly.