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Vivica A. Fox on Trump’s ‘Independence Day’: ‘Typical POS
VIdeo putting Trump in President Whitmore’s well-known pre-battle speech prompts all caps response from actress
Donald Trump’s latest tackle “Independence Day” prompted a livid response from one of many movie’s stars, Vivica A. Fox, who referred to as his edit of a traditional scene, “Typical POS behavior!”
The altered video places Trump within the place of President Thomas Whitmore throughout his well-known pre-battle speech. Played by Bill Pullman, Whitmore is a Gulf War veteran who served as an Air Force fighter pilot and instantly takes the battle to the alien mothership at Area 51. Before the assault, Whitmore rouses the troops with a speech during which he declares, “Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!”
In Trump’s model, during which the president’s face is positioned over Whitmore’s, he speaks to a crowd that additionally consists of his son, Donald Trump Jr. and Fox News pundit Sean Hannity.
Fox, who starred within the movie alongside Will Smith, was not pleased about this. “Pretending [you] know what you’re doing?” she wrote in an all caps response. “Can’t believe you would insult our classic film this way! But hey! Typical POS behavior! You never had the courage or the leadership to do this role! Never!”
Fox wasn’t alone in her disgust. Pullman stated in an announcement, “My voice belongs to no one but me, and I’m not running for president — this year.”
And actor Michael Rapaport, identified for his social media rants, stated he “would 1000% rather have Bill Pullman as President.”
“You’re all about that ‘No Peace’ Life you sloppy orange orangutan,” Rapaport tweeted. “You’re out here posting fake news videos from Independence Day? Would LOVE to be Independent of you and whatever henchman is posting to your Twitter account ASAP”
Trump has pushed ahead on reopening companies regardless of warnings from well being officers that many states are nonetheless seeing rises in infections from the COVID-19 pandemic and that reopening the financial system prematurely may result in a surge in deaths. Rick Bright, an ousted NIH advisor and head of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, testified in Congress that the Trump administration has not carried out a “standard, centralized, coordinated plan” to cope with the pandemic and doubted that the president would have the ability to make good on his promise to supply a vaccine inside 12-18 months.
“Our window of opportunity is closing,” Bright warned. “Without better planning, 2020 could be the darkest winter in modern history.”