Stephen King talks politics: 'Trump was a horrible president and is a horrible person'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

He may be the master of horror, but in his latest interview, Stephen King devotes much of his time to talking politics.

The notorious author of thrillers like Carrie and The Shining spoke out in a revealing new interview with the Sunday Times, in which he called former President Donald Trump "a horrible president" and a "horrible person."

"I think he actually engaged in criminal behavior and, certainly, I felt that he was a sociopath who tried to overturn the American democracy not out of any political wish of his own but because he could not admit that he had lost," said King, 74.

The author previously called out Trump publicly back in 2020, when he criticized the president and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for their initial response to the coronavirus pandemic.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/stephen-king-talks-politics-trump-was-a-horrible-president-and-is-a-horrible-person/ar-AA10EKaV

[EnergizedLib]

1. Stephen King sums it up nicely

TFG couldn’t take the L. He couldn’t do it, wasn’t big enough to admit it.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

2. Trump probably gave HIM nightmares...

... as King recalled the sociopathic Presidential candidate he wrote about in "The Dead Zone".

[roamer65]

6. ...

[heckles65]

3. Hey Stephen

Wanted you to know on the Consimworld website, some right winger was spreading the word that Carrie had been "banned" in Vermont. This was in supposed rebuttal to the news a library had been defunded in Michigan for carrying books with homosexual protagonists.

In response, I posted several pictures showing the novel (which I have read) on the shelves in the St. Albans library.

[calimary]

4. GOOD! WHEREVER there are lies and misinformation,

Spread TRUTH!

Just do it.

Don’t assume the media’s gonna correct the record. They’re a big disappointment. Colossal!

Maybe it’s because they fear being frozen out of the press room. Heaven forbid they’re ignored during the big press conferences. What they crave and live by is ACCESS.

[Stuart G]

5. K and R Thanks for Posting --- Great Post about Stephen King. (Who is also a Great Author)

[RussBLib]

8. While reading King's books....

...I was often afraid to turn the damn page. I had to quit reading them because they scared me too much.

[FakeNoose]

7. That's not politics, he's telling straight-up truths

[Irish_Dem]

9. Not just about ego, Trump had the grift of a lifetime and didn't want to give it up.

He was making money hand over fist selling secrets to our enemies.