Tom Hanks: Trump's call to soldier's family 'one of the biggest cock-ups on the planet Earth'

[kpete]

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Actor Tom Hanks is blasting President Trump for his handling of a phone call to the widow of a fallen U.S. soldier, calling it “one of the biggest cock-ups on the planet Earth.”

"I'm only knowing what I read in the newspapers and what have you, and it just seems like it's one of the biggest cock-ups on the planet Earth, if you ask me," Hanks said in an interview with CNN. "This is a tragedy of the utmost consequence and it goes much longer beyond who's going to come out on top of the news story. I think it's very sad."


Hanks, who received the National Archives Foundation’s “Records of Achievement Award” this weekend, also encouraged Americans to look to U.S. history if they’re worried about current events in America.

"People are upset about what's going on today. They're furious, they're frustrated, they're worked up," Hanks told CNN. "If you're concerned about what's going on today, read history and figure out what to do because it's all right there."


http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/356584-tom-hanks-trumps-call-to-soldiers-family-one-of-the-biggest

[hlthe2b]

1. Tom Hanks is one "celebrity" that I hold in highest esteem.

I hope I never cease to feel that way. We (unfortunately) are losing many of the great civil rights pioneers or our time--those who spoke most eloquently about freedom, democracy, equality and humanity. I read that Harry Belafonte gave what is expected to be his last performance as he suffered a stroke not long ago and is quite frail, while his "voice" has never been stronger.

I hope there are others to pick up the mantle.

[spooky3]

3. Agree. He seems so smart, so human, so decent.

[Achilleaze]

2. "It's all right there..."

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. Kick