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Martin Sheen Rebukes Trump at Live MSNBC Event, Urges Him to 'Start Being Human'

The actor used the MSNBC stage to press a moral appeal rooted in Kennedy-era examples.

Overview

  • During a taping of Nicolle Wallace’s The Best People at MSNBC LIVE ’25, Sheen called the president “the biggest nothing in the world.”
  • He urged Trump to stop listening to “sycophants,” drop image preoccupations like hair and tie, and “speak from your heart.”
  • Sheen condemned the Cabinet room culture as joyless and ego driven, saying it “smells of ego and fear and false worship.”
  • Addressing Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., he cited RFK Sr.’s role in the Cuban Missile Crisis as a model of shared humanity.
  • Coverage from TheWrap, Mediaite, and Blaze Media carried the remarks, noting Sheen’s activism record including a 2020 climate protest arrest and 2024 campaign involvement.