After living in Los Angeles for 27 years, Minnie Driver now lives back in London. But when asked if she could ever live in the US again if Donald Trump is re-elected president, the ‘Good Will Hunting’ star said: ‘If I lived in a red state, no, I couldn’t. ‘
“But when you live in California, you’re somewhat isolated,” the actor continued interview with British publication The Times. “But do you want to live in a bubble? Are you running from the fire or are you going back to help?”
Speaking just days after Trump was found guilty of 34 crimes in his hush money trial in New York, Driver said: “Of course he deserves to be in jail – of course he does. But just looking at how much money he raised in those two days, $53 million in a 48-hour period, and the idea that because the founding fathers – if some mothers had been involved, maybe it would have been different – left no room in the Constitution for the idea that the American people could be stupid enough to vote for a felon, there is no reflection in the judiciary about what would happen if he wins. It’s difficult when the Secret Service is already searching prisons and asking, “What would this look like?”
The “Beekeeper” and “Hard Rain” actor added that the problem is not just Trump, but also “the 70 million people who really like a little bit of racist attitudes and non-existent immigration policies and the dismantling of the environmental agencies .”
“They were always there,” she said of Trump’s followers. ‘They weren’t made by him. He’s just a symptom, and now they have a mascot.”
When asked if she believed the political climate in Britain was in better shape, Driver replied: “At least the memes are funnier. And I’m more hopeful. Despite all the divisions in Britain, there just seems to be a stronger connection between us. We have this discourse. We talk about it and we laugh about it. We don’t pull guns and shoot each other with them.”