Art Garfunkel says Donald Trump and global warming are making him want to “leave” America

Art Garfunkel has admitted that he is considering “leaving America” due to global warming and Donald Trump.

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Speaking in a new interview with The Guardian, Garfunkel expressed his dismay over the current administration in the United States under President Trump.

His comments come eight months after US forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in Caracas and brought him to the United States to face federal charges.

Despite Garfunkel’s pessimism he added: “Trump won’t last forever. So we’ve got to hope.”.

Garfunkel is not the only celebrity who has threatened to quit the US because of Trump.

Previously, Avatar director James Cameron said he was “sickened” by Trump’s re-election in 2024 and admitted the he was happy his New Zealand citizenship was “imminent”.

Comedian and TV host Rosie O’Donnell also moved to Ireland when Trump was re-elected.

Her comments prompted Trump to threaten to remove her US citizenship.

Meanwhile, Art Garfunkel recently opened up to NME about ending “years of detachment” from Paul Simon.

Simon & Garfunkel were one of the best-selling acts of the 1960s, selling over 100 million records and recording timeless hits such as ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’, ‘The Sound of Silence’ and ‘Mrs.

However, they also became known for their troubled relationship, with artistic disagreements leading to their breakup in 1970. They have performed together sporadically since then, but not since 2010.

The latest feud followed a particularly razor-tongued 2015 interview Garfunkel gave to The Telegraph, where the singer labelled his former musical cohort a “jerk” and an “idiot” – an outburst he said he subsequently regretted.

Speaking about a recent meeting with Simon, he told NME: “Paul said to me, ‘Arty, it’s not that you spoke to the British press and that you didn’t do it well…[it’s that] I felt you wanted to hurt me.

That’s what got me’. And I thought, ‘That’s true’. I wanted to hurt him. The next thing I knew, I burst into tears… and then there were hugs.”.

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