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Stephen Colbert says 'f--- ICE' following Alex Pretti shooting, condemns Trump administration response
Late-night host Stephen Colbert said "f--- ICE" following the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by a federal agent in Minneapolis Saturday.
During Monday's episode of "The Tonight Show," Colbert tore into ICE and the Trump administration, arguing that videos of the shooting "appear to contradict federal accounts" of the shooting by Border Patrol, which Colbert appeared to conflate with ICE in his remarks.
"Today, more than 50% of Americans are digging out from a massive winter storm, freezing temperatures from Texas all the way up to Maine. It's frigid here in New York City. I want to thank everyone here who stood outside in the cold today before you came. I think we can all agree, f--- ICE," Colbert said to cheers.
According to Colbert, similar to its account of this month's ICE-involved fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, the Trump administration one again "immediately blamed the victim" and called Pretti a "domestic terrorist." The late-night host pushed back on that assertion and noted videos of the shooting and analysis by several media outlets countered the federal government's claims.
"And again, Trump administration officials immediately blamed the victim, calling him a domestic terrorist, but videos appear to contradict federal accounts of the shooting. That analysis was from The New York Times, and they weren't alone. They were joined by NBC News, PBS News, Reuters, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal, as well as 'Your Own Eyes and Ears Magazine,' and 'I Know That's Pee on My Leg Weekly,'" he told his audience.
Colbert wasn't the only late-night comedian who opened their show with a fiery monologue centered around this weekend's shooting.
On Monday's broadcast of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," Kimmel said he spent this weekend "feeling shocked and sick about what is happening in Minneapolis" and at one point cried while discussing Pretti and the city.
"Children — small children — babies, being tear-gassed, taken into custody, separated from their parents. Just one atrocity after another, being committed by this gang of poorly trained, shamefully led, mask-wearing goons. And that is what they are, they're goons. Goons committing vile, heartless, even criminal acts. It’s sickening to watch, and it’s frustrating to watch," he said.
Kimmel claimed that the federal government "just make up the rules as they go" and said video recordings of both Good and Pretti's deaths disproved the Trump administration's official accounts of the shootings.
"They say the Honda SUV Renee Good was driving was ‘weaponized.’ They say the gun Alex Pretti had a license to carry, in an open-carry state — a right many of the same people screamed very loudly about when it was Kyle Rittenhouse carrying the gun — a gun that Alex Pretti did not ever draw, did not touch, a gun that was taken from him by one of the agents before he was shot dead by the other ones," Kimmel said.
"They fired 10 times on an ICU nurse. They're telling us, ‘Well, it was justified.’ Is that the law and order you voted for — If you voted for this?"
The "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" host continued, suggesting Pretti was "murdered in cold blood."
"We keep saying we need to find subjects we can agree on… Can we agree that when we see a person murdered in cold blood that there should at least be an investigation of that?" he asked.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House, ICE and Border Patrol for comment.
Pretti, a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs ICU nurse, was shot during an immigration enforcement operation early Saturday targeting Jose Huerta-Chuma, an illegal immigrant with a criminal history including domestic assault for intentional conflict bodily harm, disorderly conduct and driving without a valid license.
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Homeland Security officials said Pretti approached Border Patrol agents while armed with a 9 mm pistol and "violently resisted" when they attempted to disarm him. Publicly circulated video of the incident shows him approaching federal officers holding what appeared to be his phone, filming as agents knocked a female protester to the ground.
State officials said Pretti had a lawful permit to carry (PTC). The Department of Homeland Security is investigating whether U.S. Border Patrol agents thought they were being fired upon when one fatally shot Pretti.
Footage of the incident shows an agent disarm Pretti shortly before he was killed. He entered into the initial scuffle with agents as he tried to assist the woman who had been pushed by law enforcement.
Some Republicans are also calling for an investigation that couters the initial Trump administration's messaging that Pretti was killed in a justifiable act of self-defense.
Fox News Digital's Alexandra Koch contributed to this report.
Billie Eilish brother Finneas accuses conservatives of Second Amendment hypocrisy following Pretti killing
Finneas O’Connell, a Grammy Award-winning producer and brother of Billie Eilish, blasted conservatives on social media over what he considered to be a hypocritical response to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by a federal agent.
O’Connell told conservatives to "shut the f--- up" three times in an Instagram reel shared Sunday to his nearly 5 million followers.
His remarks followed the fatal shooting of Pretti, 37, by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis on Saturday. The incident marked the second fatal shooting involving a federal officer this month.
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In a fiery video, O’Connell criticized conservatives who, he said, routinely accept school shootings as a price of Second Amendment rights but are now pointing to Pretti’s legal firearm to justify his killing.
"The conservative argument that allows school shootings to continue has always basically boiled down to, ‘We have to protect the Second Amendment, we have to allow people to carry weapons,’" O’Connell said.
"Oh, some little kids die, that's okay with them. Unf---ing believable argument," he continued. "Every argument I've seen for why Alex Pretti's death was justified yesterday is like, ‘Well, he had a gun.’ Shut the f--- up! You've spent 30 years straight telling us that children have to die so that we're allowed to legally carry weapons."
"This guy was being beaten to a pulp on the ground," the producer said. "He didn't draw his weapon. He had a weapon on him legally, and they shot the f--- out of him and killed him. So shut the f--- up!"
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is investigating whether Border Patrol agents thought they were being fired upon.
The New York Post reported that an accidental discharge of Pretti's Sig Sauer P320 pistol, which was being held by an agent after it was taken away from him, may have made authorities believe their lives were in danger.
O’Connell went on to argue that conservatives have long contended such deaths are an unavoidable cost of preserving Americans’ Second Amendment rights.
"You've told us that it has to happen. It has to continue. Children continue to have to die to allow us to carry guns around. So shut the f--- up!"
His sister, Billie Eilish, shared a blunt nine-word message to fellow celebrities on Monday in light of their silence amid unrest in Minnesota.
A spokesperson for O’Connell did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Trump’s 401(k) housing pitch collapses into reality check as economists say supply is the real crisis
The Trump administration's quick about-face, pitching 401(k) retirement plans as a path to homeownership, was never likely to work because it ignores the deeper forces driving the housing crunch, some economists are now arguing.
Experts pointed to two key factors doing the most damage: restrictive zoning and regulatory policies that have choked supply, pushing home prices out of reach. Restrictive zoning controls what gets built; regulatory policies determine how hard it is to make it happen.
Ben Harris, vice president and director of economic studies at the Brookings Institution, said policies that don’t directly increase housing supply are unlikely to lower prices.
"Anything that doesn’t answer the question, ‘Are we going to have more homes at the end of this?’ is going to be an insufficient response," Harris told Fox News Digital.
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Harris noted that while cities in the South, for example, once saw rapid homebuilding — including places like Houston, metro areas in Florida and Phoenix — new construction has slowed sharply in recent years, contributing to rising prices.
That resistance to new construction, experts say, is why restrictive zoning and regulatory barriers sit at the top of the list of forces driving America’s housing crisis.
"There are just many, many ways to halt and stop development," explained Joseph Gyourko, a professor of real estate and finance at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
"And we've gotten very, very good at it in the United States."
Jim Tobin, president and CEO of the National Association of Home Builders, added that the cost of regulations alone plays a massive role in housing affordability.
Tobin explained that roughly $94,000 of the cost of a new, single-family home is inflated by regulations at "all three levels of local, state and federal government."
He added that some local governments intentionally restrict growth, adding time, uncertainty and cost to the process.
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"Time is money in real estate," he said. "You own the land, you’re paying taxes and, while you wait for local approvals, costs keep rising. Then many communities require developers to install sewer, water, roads and electrical infrastructure and all of that gets folded into the final price of the home."
Those mounting costs on builders, economists say, ultimately get passed on to buyers, pricing many out of the market.
California offers one of the clearest examples of how those pressures play out, where strict zoning and environmental review laws have severely limited new construction.
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Wayne Winegarden, a senior fellow in business and economics at the Pacific Research Institute, told Fox News Digital that the state’s regulatory framework has created an enormous housing shortfall.
In practical terms, economists say that when housing construction fails to keep pace with population growth and demand, buyers end up competing for a limited number of homes, driving prices higher.
Winegarden said that California's strict zoning laws make it more difficult to build homes, like the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), a five-decade-old law that requires builders to "look before they leap," according to Gov. Gavin Newsom's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation.
The framework requires environmental reviews that can significantly delay development and raise costs.
"And we have what is a million-home shortage, something just astronomical like that," Winegarden said. "That’s just basic economics. When supply is inadequate to demand, prices go up. And now the median home price in California is roughly twice the median in the United States."
ICE officials to play security role at Milan Cortina Olympics: report
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will reportedly play a security role during the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics in Italy.
U.S. Embassy officials told The Associated Press on Tuesday that ICE agents would support diplomatic security details and wouldn’t run any immigration enforcement operations.
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Fox News Digital reached out to ICE for comment.
Federal agencies have previously supported security for U.S. diplomats, including the investigative component for ICE called Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) during previous Olympic Games, officials told The Associated Press.
But ICE’s reported involvement in security didn’t receive a warm welcome from Italian officials.
Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala said ICE wouldn’t be welcome in the city as he cited images of masked agents in Minneapolis. Milan is set to host most of the events during the Olympics starting on Feb. 6.
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"This is a militia that kills, a militia that enters into the homes of people, signing their own permission slips. It is clear they are not welcome in Milan, without a doubt,'' Sala told RTL Radio 102 before ICE’s reported security involvement was revealed.
However, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said Saturday, while he didn’t have information that ICE would be at the Olympics, he didn’t "see what the problem would be," according to ANSA news agency.
Vice President JD Vance is set to lead an American delegation to attend the opening ceremony. Second lady Usha Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are expected to be a part of the contingent.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Bessent warns Canada breaking from the US on trade would be a ‘disaster’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned that any move by Canada to economically break from the United States would be "a disaster," dismissing recent remarks by Prime Minister Mark Carney as unrealistic and historically misguided.
"Canada depends on the U.S. There's much more North-South trade than there could ever be East-West trade," Bessent said Monday on "Hannity."
"He [Carney] talks about middle countries having to do their own thing, and I'm old enough to remember when French President François Mitterrand tried to go down that route. It failed back in the '80s, it'll fail now."
Bessent argued that Carney should focus less on pushing a "globalist agenda" and instead do "what's best for the Canadian people."
Carney said Sunday that Canada has no plans to pursue a free trade deal with China, pushing back against President Donald Trump’s 100% tariff threat.
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Carney said Canada’s recent agreement with China only rolled back tariffs in sectors that had been hit in recent years and did not amount to a free trade deal.
He highlighted "middle countries" like Canada during a speech at the World Economic Forum's meeting in Davos, Switzerland, last week, suggesting greater powers should no longer set the terms of the global economic order.
While Carney did not directly reference Trump, his comments were broadly seen as a rebuke of Washington’s recent trade posture.
Bessent claimed Carney "aggressively" walked back some of his remarks during a conversation with Trump in the Oval Office on Monday, though there has been no public statement from the prime minister confirming the retraction.
Fox News' Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.
Fetterman demands Trump fire Noem after deadly Minnesota shootings
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., has called upon President Donald Trump to fire Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
In a Tuesday post on X, the Democratic senator from Pennsylvania accused Noem of "betraying" the department's central mission.
Tagging the @POTUS and @realDonaldTrump accounts on X, Fetterman declared, "I make a direct appeal to immediately fire @Sec_Noem."
"Americans have died. She is betraying DHS’s core mission and trashing your border security legacy. DO NOT make the mistake President Biden made for not firing a grossly incompetent DHS Secretary," the senator warned.
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
Unlike other Democratic senators, Fetterman typically takes a more pragmatic stance toward Trump and the broader GOP on issues including immigration and border security. In recent weeks, Fetterman had encouraged his party to avoid calls to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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As the Trump administration has been having federal authorities crack down on illegal immigrants around the U.S., the fatal shootings of U.S. citizens Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minnesota have sparked controversy this month.
"Ms. Good and Mr. Pretti should still be alive. My family grieves for theirs," Fetterman said in a statement on Monday.
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"The operation in Minneapolis should stand down and immediately end. It has become an ungovernable and dangerous urban theatre for civilians and law enforcement that is incompatible with the American spirit," he noted.
"As a very pro-immigration Democrat and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Border Management, I believe our nation deserves a secured border and that we should deport all criminal migrants. I also believe there needs to be a path to citizenship for those hardworking families who are here," Fetterman said in the statement.
But he also reiterated that he opposes the idea of abolishing ICE.
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"I reject the calls to defund or abolish ICE. I strongly disagree with many strategies and practices ICE deployed in Minneapolis, and believe that must change," he said in the statement.
JONATHAN TURLEY: Democrat politicians are risking lives with reckless anti-ICE rhetoric
This year, there has been a race to the bottom as Democratic politicians fuel the rage in our streets against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. That continued when Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz again rushed to judgment after a shooting, adding that the public should not treat Border Patrol or ICE officers as real "law enforcement" officers. However, rock bottom was finally reached by Arizona Democrat Attorney General Kris Mayes, who not only said that she does not consider ICE officers to be "real law enforcement," but raised the possibility of citizens shooting them under state law.
First, the obvious. Mayes said, "I put ["officers"] in air quotes because I don’t think they are real law enforcement." These are real law enforcement officers under federal law, enforcing federal law. Period. The effort by Walz, Mayes, and others to question their status or treat them as impostors is clearly designed to inflame citizens and encourage greater confrontations. It is a dangerous form of demagoguery. It is sending citizens into harm's way, encouraging them to impede federal operations involving the arrest of criminal suspects.
Mayes later stated that she was "mischaracterized" and that "the idea that I would want the life of any member of law enforcement put in danger is wrong, offensive, and an outright lie." Mayes' "mischaracterizations" came at a time of growing unrest and the attorney general rushed forward to add to the reckless rhetoric.
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Again, repeating Walz's talking points, she referred to these officers as "poorly trained." She obviously has no idea about the training of these officers. The officer involved in the Alex Pretti shooting was an experienced officer with the Border Patrol. The officer involved in the prior Renée Good shooting was also an experienced officer.
While mischaracterizing the officers, figures like Walz are sending demonstrably "untrained" citizens into highly dangerous situations. Walz specifically called out citizens into the streets to record these operations, which is precisely what Pretti was trying to do before his fatal confrontation with officers.
Mayes, however, was not looking for a tie in that race to the bottom. She told citizens that Arizona’s "Stand Your Ground" law might be cited as grounds for the use of lethal force against officers. She declared:
"You have these masked, federal officers with very little identification — sometimes no identification — wearing plain clothes and masks and we have a ‘Stand Your Ground’ law that says if you reasonably believe your life is in danger, and you’re in your house or in your car or on your property, that you can defend yourself with lethal force."
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She later added, "It’s a fact that we have a ‘Stand Your Ground’ law and, in other states, un-uniformed, masked people who can’t be identified as police officers."
It was a reckless statement of the law. These laws only protect "reasonable" uses of self-defense. However, they have an express exemption for using force "to resist an arrest that the person knows or should know is being made by a peace officer or by a person acting in a peace officer's presence and at his direction, whether the arrest is lawful or unlawful, unless the physical force used by the peace officer exceeds that allowed by law."
It is not uncommon for law enforcement to use officers in plain clothes to make initial arrests or contact with suspects who might flee or resist.
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Mayes' comments could encourage an already enraged and irrational segment of our population to use lethal force under the false pretense of standing their ground.
Attacks on these officers have increased exponentially with the violent rhetoric of these politicians. Just last week, a rioter bit off the finger of an officer.
Mayes also vowed to prosecute any ICE agent who violates state laws in these operations. She is also mimicking Walz in spreading legal disinformation. While federal officers do not have absolute immunity in all cases, it is extremely unlikely that state officials could successfully prosecute such cases without facing a transfer to federal court and likely dismissal.
Walz made the same misleading claim in saying that Minnesota would investigate the shooting and that the federal government would not be allowed to conduct the investigation. He has no authority to dictate who or how the shooting will be investigated.
While the state can conduct its own investigation, the federal government will investigate a shooting by a federal officer. Walz further pandered to the mob by raising the debunked "bait boy" story and telling citizens that ICE was "shooting them in the face when they come out of donut shops."
Rage is hard to maintain for months, and the Pretti shooting, as described by one Democratic operative according to Fox's Chad Pergram, is a "new wild card" in the politics on the Hill over funding.
There remain legitimate questions about this shooting. The videotapes do not appear to show, as suggested in early accounts from the federal government, that Pretti approached the officers brandishing a weapon.
Pretti does not obey the commands of the officers in returning to the middle of the road during their operation. However, he did not appear threatening until after the officer pushed him to the side of the road. At one point, he appears to shove the officer as he tries to assist a woman who was pushed to the ground.
What happens next is hard to determine. There is a video that suggests that an officer may have removed his weapon from its holster just before another officer yells "gun." It is hard to see Pretti's hands, and we do not know what happened in that split second. We may get a better idea as new videotapes emerge.
Law enforcement officers do not expect blind deference on shootings. However, they have a right to expect a fair chance for an investigation to hear their side of a shooting — not a governor or a mayor rushing before cameras to effectively accuse them of murder.
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At this point, it may not matter. Only the mob matters. Minneapolis Police Department Chief Brian O'Hara explained: "Even if there is an investigation that ultimately proves that at the time of the shooting it was legally justified, I don’t think that even matters at this point, because there just, there is so much outrage and concern around what is happening in the city."
Walz has demonstrated politics of the lowest kind, stoking anger as citizens and officers alike are injured. Walz is pledging to go to court to stop further operations — a lawsuit that would be another frivolous filing. Previously, the state, including Attorney General Keith Ellison, filed to prevent the federal government from increasing forces to investigate fraud and immigration violations.
Walz, Maye and others are following a long line of demagogues who sought to use social unrest to advance their political careers. For Walz, sending people into the streets has the benefit of not having them at home watching and reading about the growing fraud scandal in his state.
It is not a defense of democracy, but "mobocracy" in Minnesota.
Knicks players condemn deadly Border Patrol-involved shooting in Minnesota
New York Knicks players Karl-Anthony Towns and Guerschon Yabusele spoke out about the deadly Border Patrol-involved shooting that took place over the weekend in Minnesota.
Towns and Yabusele both called out the federal government for its actions in Minneapolis. There have been two shooting deaths involving federal officers in January. Alex Pretti was killed on Saturday, and Renee Good was killed earlier this month.
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"What is happening in the Twin Cities and the Great North Star State is heartbreaking to witness. These events have cost lives and shaken families — and we must call for accountability, transparency, and protections for all people," Towns wrote on X on Sunday. "This moment demands that we reflect honestly on what our values truly are. My thoughts, prayers, and deepest condolences are with the families of Renée Good and Alex Pretti.
"I stand with the people of Minnesota."
Towns played for the Minnesota Timberwolves before he was traded to the Knicks.
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"I can't stop thinking about the tragic events unfolding in Minnesota, and even though I'm French, I can't remain silent," Yabusele added. "What's happening is beyond comprehension. We're talking about murders here, these are serious matters. The situation must change, the government must stop operating in this way. I stand with Minnesota."
Towns and Yabusele’s statements came as the National Basketball Players Association also condemned the Border Patrol’s actions.
"Following the news of yet another fatal shooting in Minneapolis, a city that has been on the forefront of the fight against injustices, NBA players can no longer remain silent," the union said. "Now more than ever, we must defend the right to freedom of speech and stand in solidarity with the people in Minnesota protesting and risking their lives to demand justice.
"The fraternity of NBA players, like the United States itself, is a community enriched by its global citizens, and we refuse to let the flames of division threaten the civil liberties that are meant to protect us all. The NBPA and its members extend our deepest condolences to the families of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, just as our thoughts remain focused on the safety and well-being of all members of our community."
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Republicans appeal judge's decision rejecting New York City GOP district lines
The Republican Party is appealing a New York judge's decision to throw out the congressional lines for a GOP-held district in New York City on Monday.
The judge ruled that the current map for Rep. Nicole Malliotakis' district, which lies in Staten Island and Brooklyn, dilutes the power of its Black and Hispanic voters. The state's Independent Redistricting Commission has now been tasked with creating a new map by February 6.
Republicans filed appeals to the ruling in two separate courts, including a mid-level appeals court and the state’s highest court, the Court of Appeals.
The Court of Appeals previously ruled against a Democrat-favored map in 2024. It has not announced a date for when it will take up the case for Malliotakis' district.
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The case is the latest battleground in a war over congressional maps being waged across the country ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Texas and California have pursued redistricting maps that would grant roughly five seats to the GOP and Democrats respectively.
Meanwhile, the Virginia State Senate on Friday greenlit a constitutional amendment that would clear the way for the Democrat-controlled legislature to redraw the state's House maps in time for midterms.
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If the ballot measure is approved this spring, the legislature, rather than the current non-partisan commission, would redraw the state's congressional maps through 2030.
Virginia Democrats, who currently control six of the state's 11 districts, are aiming to draw up to four additional left-leaning seats.
Republicans are defending their razor-thin House majority in the midterms, and Democrats need a net gain of just three seats to win back control of the chamber.
Republican-controlled Missouri and Ohio, and swing state North Carolina, where the GOP dominates the legislature, have drawn new maps as part of President Donald Trump's midterm push.
Florida Republicans, in a move pushed by GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis and state lawmakers, are also hoping to pick up an additional three to five seats through a redistricting push during a special legislative session in April.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
These celebrities followed through on leaving the country after Trump's second election win
More than a year after President Donald Trump began his second term, some celebrities have followed through on the often-touted promises to move out of the United States.
In an interview with The Times on Friday, "Twilight" actress Kristen Stewart spoke about her plans to eventually move out of the country because of Trump's threat of tariffs on movies made outside the United States.
"Reality is breaking completely under Trump," she said. "But we should take a page out of his book and create the reality we want to live in."
Though she has yet to leave the country, Stewart made clear that she was "probably not" going to remain in the states after claiming she "can't work freely" in America.
Stewart's comments came less than a week after "Avatar" and "Titanic" director James Cameron spoke about his decision to move from the U.S. to New Zealand. Although Cameron had lived in New Zealand prior to the 2024 presidential election, he became a legal New Zealand citizen in 2025 and cited politics as a factor.
"I’m not there for scenery. I’m there for the sanity," Cameron said.
He pointed to New Zealand's handling of the coronavirus pandemic compared to the U.S. under Trump in 2020, suggesting that New Zealand was more "sane."
"Are you kidding me? Where would you rather live?" Cameron said. "A place that actually believes in science and is sane and where people can work together cohesively to a common goal, or a place where everybody’s at each other’s throats, extremely polarized, turning its back on science and basically would be in utter disarray if another pandemic appears."
Former daytime talk show host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres directly pointed to Trump's re-election as the reason she and her wife, Portia de Rossi, have remained in the United Kingdom since moving in 2024.
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"We got here the day before the election and woke up to lots of texts from our friends with crying emojis, and I was like, 'He got in,'" she told broadcaster Richard Bacon, according to the BBC in July. "And we're like, 'We're staying here.'"
The most notable example of an anti-Trump celebrity who moved after his election was comedian Rosie O'Donnell, who confirmed in March that she had moved to Ireland and applied for citizenship after Trump's re-election.
"Although I was someone who never thought I would move to another country, that’s what I decided would be the best for myself and my 12-year-old child," she said on TikTok.
Some celebrities have moved out of the country following Trump's election, though they have not directly cited Trump or his policies as a reason.
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In August, "House of Cards" and "The Princess Bride" actress Robin Wright described leaving the U.S. as "liberating," saying that in America, "everything’s rush, competition and speed."
"America is a s---show," she added.
Actors Richard Gere and Eva Longoria are also anti-Trump critics who have moved out of the country, but both have cited other reasons.
Other celebrities such as Barbra Streisand, Cher and Sharon Stone have vowed to leave the U.S. after Trump's re-election but have yet to do so.