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Sharon Stone says “ignorant” and “uneducated” Americans are responsible for Trump’s re-election
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Sharon Stone says “ignorant” and “uneducated” Americans are responsible for Trump’s re-election

Sharon Stone tackled Donald Trump’s re-election with tough words at the Turin Film Festival in Italy.

The Casino And Basic instinct actress was on a panel with Angelina Jolie when the topic shifted to politics. Stone, who received the festival’s Stella della Mole Prize, was asked for her thoughts on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

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“You know, Italy has seen fascism,” she said The Guardian. “Italy has seen these things. Guys, you understand what’s happening. You’ve seen this before. My country is in adolescence. Adolescence is very arrogant. Adolescence thinks it knows everything. Adolescence is naive, ignorant and arrogant. And we are in our ignorant, arrogant adolescence. So Americans who don’t travel, who 80 percent don’t have passports and who are uneducated, are in their extraordinary naivety. What I would say is that the only way we can help these problems is by helping each other.”

“I respect the outcome of the vote,” Stone added. “Even though I don’t like the president, I respect his role. This is democracy. I don’t know what will happen in the future, I’m not a fortune teller. I don’t even know if there will be an authoritarian turn: there are 200 people in the government who have to convince 200 million people in society. It won’t all happen at once.”

Speaking about the reasons for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris’ defeat, Stone said: “Did we really get to know her, in just three months and with just one TV debate? Was she the right person? … I can’t say that.” When asked if she would ever enter politics herself, Stone replied: “Me? Oh Jesus, no!”

Stone’s viral comments follow Alec Baldwin making somewhat similar comments a few days earlier at the festival. Baldwin was at the Turin Film Festival to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.

“You know what’s going on from the news, but information in America is driven by money,” he said. “It’s a business. Therefore, there is a gap in information about the world’s biggest problems. Americans know little or nothing – about climate change, about Ukraine. That void is partly filled by the film industry, by documentaries and narrative films.”

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