Richard Gere doubts Dalai Lama might change Trump’s influence on America

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Actor Richard Gere recommended even the Dalai Lama could not change President Donald Trump or the "astonishing" impact he is had on the nation.

The "Fairly Lady" actor spoke to Variety on Wednesday about his new documentary "Knowledge of Happiness," which options feedback from the Dalai Lama, whom Gere considers a detailed buddy.

Gere stated that listening to the Dalai Lama communicate made him replicate on how the USA was on the "very improper monitor," however he doubted the Tibetan religious chief might affect Trump.

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Richard Gere promoted his new documentary "Knowledge of Happiness," which options feedback from the Dalai Lama. (AP Picture/Ashwini Bhatia)

"I don’t know that it could contact him," Gere stated. "I might hope that it could. I might pray that it could. However boy, I don’t understand how you clarify what he has performed to this nation, what it feels prefer to be an American now, 10 or 11 months in. It’s simply astonishing. It’s past what anybody might ever think about."

He inspired Individuals to take accountability for the leaders they elect and as a substitute assist individuals who can create a greater world.

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"If we wish a world a sure approach, then we have now to elect leaders who've the same imaginative and prescient to us and can lead us in direction of this increased degree of chance—who we're as people and the way we will create a world, a society the place individuals can reside with one another slightly than this battlefield day-after-day, all day lengthy, with the craziness," Gere stated. "Particularly, as I say, coming from this very crude mentality that's now in our management."

Richard Gere criticized President Donald Trump, saying it was "astonishing" what he had performed to the nation. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters; Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Put up by way of Getty Photos)

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Gere has made a number of feedback towards Trump since his re-election, saying in September that he " almost destroyed our country " in simply six months.

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"We have now a president who’s fully — he’s not solely loopy. He’s a darkish, darkish presence. And it’s occurred so rapidly," Gere stated on the time.

In February, Gere criticized Trump as a "bully and a thug" and stated that America was in a darkish place.

Actor Richard Gere advised Europa Press in September that he believes President Trump has nearly destroyed the U.S. throughout his second time period. (Europa Press/Getty Photos)

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"Authoritarianism takes us throughout," Gere continued. "We have now to be vigilant. We have now to be alert. We have now to be energetic. We have now to be courageous. We have now to be brave. And everybody who’s watching this – within the Spanish-speaking world and elsewhere – we have now to be keen to face up, inform the reality, be trustworthy. And there’s a spot in all of our lives for primary kindness, for primary love and understanding."

Lindsay Kornick is an affiliate editor for Fox Information Digital. Story suggestions may be despatched to lindsay.kornick@fox.com and on Twitter: @lmkornick.