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Mark Hamill Deletes Bluesky Post Showing Trump at Graveyard, Calls Image Inappropriate

The "Star Wars" actor posted an image of President Trump lying over a grave with the caption "If Only" along with a lengthy message about accountability and impeachment. The White House condemned the post, linking it to a recent appearance by former President Barack Obama. Hamill replaced the image on Thursday and clarified he was wishing Trump a long life.

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" The actor followed with a longer statement: "He 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. " The White House issued a statement to Fox News Digital condemning Mark Hamill’s post.

Davis Ingle told Fox News Digital: "Barack Hussein Obama just appeared in a video with this deranged lunatic three days ago.

Mark Hamill deleted the original post on Bluesky on Thursday. He replaced the deleted post with a new post featuring an image of Trump with windswept hair. " He apologized if others found the image inappropriate.

Mark Hamill has been a frequent critic of President Trump. He said he is "ashamed" that America elected Trump twice. com reported the sequence of events, including the initial post days after an assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, the White House reaction, and Hamill’s subsequent deletion and replacement of the image.

Key Facts

Mark Hamill posted then deleted an image of President Trump
The post included the caption 'If Only' and a statement wishing Trump live long enough to face impeachment, conviction and historical disgrace; it was deleted o
White House condemned the post
Spokesman Davis Ingle told Fox News Digital that Barack Hussein Obama had appeared in a video with Hamill three days earlier and questioned why Obama and Democr
Hamill is a repeated critic of President Trump
The actor has said he is 'ashamed' America elected Trump twice and told the 'WTF with Marc Maron' podcast in September that the re-election 'is on us' because h

Story Timeline

5 events
  1. 2026-05-05

    Barack Hussein Obama appeared in a video with Mark Hamill, according to White House spokesman

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  2. 2026-05-05

    Mark Hamill posted image of President Trump lying over a grave with caption 'If Only' and follow-up statement about midterms, impeachment and history books

    1 sourcenypost.com
  3. 2026-05-05

    White House issued condemnation via statement to Fox News Digital linking post to Obama video

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  4. 2026-05-08

    Mark Hamill deleted original post on Bluesky and replaced it with image of Trump with windswept hair plus clarification and apology

    1 sourcenypost.com
  5. September 2025

    Mark Hamill appeared on 'WTF with Marc Maron' podcast expressing shame over Trump's re-election

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Potential Impact

  1. 01

    Hamill issued a public clarification and apology on Bluesky after White House criticism

  2. 02

    The exchange highlights ongoing tensions between prominent Trump critics in entertainment and the current administration

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