'Fascist ideology': Veteran actor slams 'orange idiot' Trump for 'nonsense' claims about LA wildfires
In Los Angeles County, at least 10 people have died as the result of wildfires that have been inflicting destruction everywhere from Pacific Palisades to the San Gabriel Valley to the Hollywood Hills. Countless homes and businesses have been destroyed, including the home of veteran actor Eric Braeden.
Now 83, Braeden has been on CBS' long-running daytime soap opera "The Young and the Restless" since 1980.
During a January 9 appearance on CNN, Braeden lambasted President-elect Donald Trump for his comments about the wildfires. Trump has been blaming California Gov. Gavin Newsom for the disaster, but Braeden vehemently disagrees.
The veteran soap star told CNN's Laura Coates, "Everyone is really trying to do their damn best, OK? And some idiot — the orange idiot— went on television…. And claimed all kind of things about Newsom and California and the water distribution. All nonsense. Disinformation, period. "
Braeden continued, "There's a guy on your show who does fact-checking. I like him a lot…. What some of these characters are now disseminating on one particular network and some podcast is outrageous and very damaging to our nation."
Braeden was born in 1941 in the former Prussia in what is now part of Germany. And he referenced Europe's history with fascism.
"This is a great nation, trust me," Braeden said of the United States. "I know of what I speak. I come from a nation that believed in fascist ideology for a while, OK? And we certainly would not want to go into that again, but we're close to it. Because people want to simplify complex problems. The essence of fascism is to simplify complex problems and feed people who don't have time to read some bu-----t."
In Los Angeles County, at least 10 people have died as the result of wildfires that have been inflicting destruction everywhere from Pacific Palisades to the San Gabriel Valley to the Hollywood Hills. Countless homes and businesses have been destroyed, including the home of veteran actor Eric Braeden.
Now 83, Braeden has been on CBS' long-running daytime soap opera "The Young and the Restless" since 1980.
During a January 9 appearance on CNN, Braeden lambasted President-elect Donald Trump for his comments about the wildfires. Trump has been blaming California Gov. Gavin Newsom for the disaster, but Braeden vehemently disagrees.
The veteran soap star told CNN's Laura Coates, "Everyone is really trying to do their damn best, OK? And some idiot — the orange idiot— went on television…. And claimed all kind of things about Newsom and California and the water distribution. All nonsense. Disinformation, period. "
Braeden continued, "There's a guy on your show who does fact-checking. I like him a lot…. What some of these characters are now disseminating on one particular network and some podcast is outrageous and very damaging to our nation."
Braeden was born in 1941 in the former Prussia in what is now part of Germany. And he referenced Europe's history with fascism.
"This is a great nation, trust me," Braeden said of the United States. "I know of what I speak. I come from a nation that believed in fascist ideology for a while, OK? And we certainly would not want to go into that again, but we're close to it. Because people want to simplify complex problems. The essence of fascism is to simplify complex problems and feed people who don't have time to read some bu-----t."
