UPDATE 1-White House calls Mark Hamill 'sick' after actor posts Trump gravesite image

The White House called "Star ​Wars" star Mark Hamill "one sick ‌individual" ​on Thursday after an AI-generated image of U.S. President Donald Trump in a shallow grave was posted on one of the actor's ‌social media accounts. "If Only" was inscribed on the image of Trump lying with his eyes closed adjacent to a gravestone, surrounded by daisies, with the inscription "Donald J.

The White House called "Star ​Wars" star Mark Hamill "one sick ‌individual" ​on Thursday after an AI-generated image of U.S. President Donald Trump in a shallow grave was posted on one of the actor's ‌social media accounts.

"If Only" was inscribed on the image of Trump lying with his eyes closed adjacent to a gravestone, surrounded by daisies, with the inscription "Donald J. Trump 1946-2024." The image was posted on ‌Hamill's verified Bluesky account. Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in the classic "Star Wars" films that debuted ‌in 1977, wrote that Trump "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, forevermore," the ⁠actor added. The White House responded on X, calling Hamill "one sick individual."

"These Radical Left lunatics just can't help themselves," a post ⁠from the White House press team said. "This kind of rhetoric is exactly what has inspired three assassination attempts ​in two years against our President." Hamill later removed the gravestone image and sought ⁠to clarify his remarks.

"Actually, I was wishing him the opposite of dead, but apologize if you found the image inappropriate," ⁠he ​wrote on Bluesky. Last month, a man stormed a security checkpoint and fired a shotgun outside the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in what authorities said was an attempt to assassinate Trump. Trump ⁠was shot in the ear in 2024 at a rally in Pennsylvania. The shooter was killed ⁠by the Secret Service. Also ⁠in 2024, a man was found hiding in bushes with weapons close to where Trump was golfing. He was convicted of attempted assassination in ‌February.