'Nightmarish': Director Rob Reiner blasts Trump for what he's 'destroyed in less than a year'

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'Nightmarish': Director Rob Reiner blasts Trump for what he’s 'destroyed in less than a year' - Alternet via MSN

"My wife, her mother was in Auschwitz and she lost her entire family there, she was the only survivor, my Uncle Charlie was part of D-Day and fought in 11 major battles," he says. "My second father is Norman Lear — another big figure in my life — he flew 52 bombing missions over Nazi Germany, and millions and millions of people died so that we wouldn’t have what we see happening now in America. And that is a very disturbing thing. And make no mistake, this is where we are right now, and we have to become aware of it."

"There was a time where Black people couldn’t vote, now they can. We had a Black president," he says. "We’ve been flawed — incredibly flawed — but we’ve moved forward. This is the first time I’m seeing this thing that is so difficult to hold onto, that is so ephemeral, being destroyed in less than a year."

"I’m hoping we’ll survive this. And if we do, it’s going to take a long time to rebuild the shining city on the hill, the beacon to the rest of the world. This used to be the place that welcomed immigrants. Diversity was our strength. And now people are being thrown out of the country without due process. It’s nightmarish what’s happening in America. And hopefully people will be able to see that," he says.

"It’s as bad as anything could be in this country at this point. The hope was, if we could have one country that allows people from all ethnicities, colors, religions, sexual preferences, all living in one place, it would prove that the world can be one. This was the experiment. This was the place we were going to do it. And right now, it isn’t happening."