Mark Hamill has apologized after getting major backlash for sharing an AI-generated image of President Donald Trump lying in a grave. The 74-year-old actor, best known for playing Luke Skywalker, posted the apology after the image drew sharp criticism from the White House. The original post showed an AI-generated photo of the 79-year-old president in a grave surrounded by flowers, with a fake tombstone showing his name and the years 1946 to 2024.
According to US Weekly, along with the image, Hamill wrote, “He should live long enough to witness his inevitable devastating loss in the midterms, be held accountable for his unprecedented corruption, impeached, convicted & humiliated for his countless crimes. Long enough to realize he’ll be disgraced in the history books, forvermore. #Don_TheCON.”
After the backlash, Hamill deleted the post and followed up, saying, “Accurate Edit for Clarity: ‘He should live long enough to…be held accountable for his…crimes.’ Actually, I was wishing him the opposite of dead, but apologize if you found the image inappropriate. 💙-mh.”
The White House firing back at Hamill shows how tense the political climate has become
The White House Rapid Response account on X reshared the image and responded harshly, stating, “.@MarkHamill is one sick individual. These Radical Left lunatics just can’t help themselves. This kind of rhetoric is exactly what has inspired three assassination attempts in two years against our President.” Trump has also been making headlines recently after Saudi Arabia rejected one of his major projects, adding to a string of political setbacks.
This all comes at a tense time. On April 25, a suspect opened fire at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Washington Hilton hotel in Washington D.C. President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and press secretary Karoline Leavitt were rushed out of the ballroom. A Secret Service agent was struck and needed medical treatment, though no other guests were reported injured.
Hamill has a long history of publicly criticizing the president. During a June 2025 appearance on The View, he talked about how he handles political discourse. When asked about an AI image the president had posted of himself celebrating May the 4th, Hamill told the cohosts, “I don’t get angry. I don’t drop f bombs. I know I have a lot of kids that follow me. I think you have to have fun with it, mock him. That’s the kryptonite to malignant narcissists.”
Hamill also revealed he had considered leaving the United States after the president was reelected to a second term, but ultimately decided to stay, saying he still believes there are more honest and decent people than those in the MAGA crowd. The president has also stirred concern among critics after suggesting he could serve beyond two terms, which many found alarming.
The White House has also recently clashed with TV host Jimmy Kimmel. After the shooting at the Correspondents’ Dinner, the president and First Lady called for Kimmel to be fired from his ABC show. This came after a sketch Kimmel performed that parodied the dinner, in which he remarked that the First Lady had a “glow like an expectant widow.”
Although the sketch was filmed before the shooting, the First Lady called the comments “hateful and violent rhetoric” meant to divide the country, and questioned how many times ABC’s leadership would allow what she called “atrocious behavior.”
Kimmel responded by saying his joke was simply a reference to the couple’s age difference, adding on air, “I agree that hateful and violent rhetoric is something we should reject. I do, and I think a great place to start to dial that back would be to have a conversation with your husband about it.”
Following these disputes, the Federal Communications Commission has started an early license review of the eight ABC television stations owned by Disney. FCC chairman Brendan Carr has denied the review is the result of White House pressure.
Published: May 8, 2026 10:26 am