Richard Gere Calls U.S. Trump Era Its Darkest Moment at 76, Urging Vigilance

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 5

Speaking at the Oslo Freedom Forum in Norway, 76-year-old Richard Gere said the United States is in the “darkest moment” he has experienced under President Donald Trump.
Gere blamed public inaction for that outcome, saying Americans “went to sleep,” failed to vote and did not do enough to stop Trump’s election.
Invoking a recent visit to Dachau, he warned that rights and institutions can be lost quickly if people ignore the warning signs of what he called a growing “dictatorship of the monsters.”
The remarks extend Gere’s earlier criticism of Trump: in late 2025 he told Variety the country was on a “very wrong track” and called the state of America “astonishing.”
Gere, who moved to Spain with his wife and two sons in late 2024, has said the relocation is a temporary family move rather than a permanent departure from the U.S.