By Daniel Welsh
Michael Douglas pictured in December 2024Michael Douglas has shared his fears for the US amid the current political climate.
During a recent appearance at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival to promote a re-release of his movie One Flew Over The Cuckoo鈥檚 Nest, the two-time Oscar winner was asked about parallels between the film and the political situation in his home country.
Admitting that he thinks the 鈥減resident鈥檚 name has been mentioned enough鈥, IndieWire then claimed that Michael responded: 鈥淚 look at it generally as the fact [of] how precious democracy is, how vulnerable it is, and how it always has to be protected.
鈥淩ight now, our country is flirting with autocracy, as [are] some other democracies in this world.鈥
Michael Douglas says that Donald Trump’s “name has been mentioned enough”He continued: 鈥淒emocracy is not to be taken for granted. The disappointing thing is that politics now seems to be for profit.
鈥淲e maintained an idealism in the US which does not exist now. The news speaks for itself. I am