Bill Pullman Responds to Donald Trump's Altered 'Independence Day' Clip (Exclusive)

[highplainsdem]

Source: Hollywood Reporter

President Donald Trump on Saturday shared a heavily altered video clip from the film Independence Day in which it appears that he gives the iconic speech from the President of the United States.

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Actor Bill Pullman, who played President Thomas J. Whitmore in Independence Day, was among those who saw the clip. And he responded.

"My voice belongs to no one but me, and I’m not running for president — this year," Pullman told The Hollywood Reporter.

Only Trump's face is superimposed in the video he shared, but the voice is still that of Pullman. It is unclear why Trump hijacked the moment.

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Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bill-pullman-responds-donald-trumps-altered-independence-day-clip-1294926

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Actually, it's been clear for a long time now that Trump will hijack any moment and any person or thing he believes will bolster his own malignant narcissistic ego and image.

He should have known Pullman wouldn't let this hijacking go without comment, though.

Pullman campaigned for Hillary Clinton in 2016

https://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/bill-pullman-stumps-for-hillary-clinton-at-locarno-film-festival-1201830590/

and in fact he'd watched "Independence Day" with the Clintons at a private screening at the White House the day before the film's nationwide release in July 1996:

And Pullman also recorded a COVID-19 PSA for Steuben County, New York, at the request of the county supervisor.

Article with the PSA, which was on Instagram:

https://www.mytwintiers.com/twin-tiers-strong/were-all-in-this-together-hornell-native-bill-pullman-shares-words-of-encouragement-amid-covid-19/

More about the PSA:

https://canoe.com/entertainment/celebrity/bill-pullman-mirrors-independence-day-speech-with-lockdown-psa

[underpants]

1. Hold it. I missed this. Trump did what?

Is there a link to what trump retweeted?

[highplainsdem]

4. See this thread:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142495353


Also this one, for some responses on Twitter:


https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213447657

[underpants]

6. Thanks

I found it on Twitter. The responses, as usual, I’m Twitter are brutal. Why the press doesn’t include at least some of the replies to their reporting on his tweets still mystifies me.

[DFW]

2. There is only one thing Trump has in common with President Thomas Whitmore, and it is this:

Any claim that he was a real president is wrong.

[underpants]

3. Bizarre. The replies are brutal.

Link to tweet

?s=21

[Crowman2009]

5. Apparetnly this "wartime president" BS is getting to Drumpf's head.

This country over-uses the term "War" a lot! It's always a war on this, or a war on that. I'm just sick of it!

[BigOleDummy]

14. Agreed

And well said.

[Jamastiene]

7. What happened overnight was Obama was EVERY SINGLE HASHTAG trending on Twitter.

It was all positive toward Obama. I forget what all of them were, but basically, Obama spoke for the virtual graduation thing on video and trended BIG TIME on Twitter. I'm talking major. This happened overnight while us night owls were awake. I wish I had gotten a screen grab. I have never seen Twitter trend where every single trend showing was a variation on one theme: Obama kicked ass in that graduation speech.

Ok, so Trump knew he could not make a video and say anything coherent, intelligent, or worth hearing. Instead, he put the doctored Pullman video up. It didn't' work. He was roundly raked over the coals for being inept and inadequate.

So, while it might not be clear to the writer, anyone saw/heard Obama and/or saw the outpouring of love for Obama, knows Trump put that video up because he can't make a video as good as Obama did.

In other words, Obama spoke and was relaxed, calm, cool, collected, coherent, and did it with ease. Trump knew he could not compete and instead did what he did. He's such a buffoon and so transparent.

[NBachers]

11. This is like when the world has ignored North Korea too long, so they do some stupidly provocative

shit-move to get attention focused on them again.

[Chainfire]

8. How do you think that other world leaders

think about this kind of goofy shit? The Russians and Chinese must be loving it. Our allies have to be shaking their heads in shame.

[keithbvadu2]

9. Yeah! Right! As if Cadet Bone Spurs would actually go into battle.

Yeah! Right! As if Cadet Bone Spurs would actually go into battle.

[PJMcK]

10. Here's a funny quip about President Clinton

When Independence Day opened, the late night comedians had fun commenting about the Clinton's reaction to the film. One wag, I forget which one, said that when asked how he liked the movie, President Clinton said, "Well, the aliens blew up Congress and the First Lady dies. I liked it!"

As usual, Trump tries to do something clever and/or funny and it just fails. He's so damn inept. I miss having a smart president like Clinton or Obama.

[marble falls]

12. I do not for a moment believe that story. Sounds like a bit of GOP humor to me. Where'd you find ...

that?????

[highplainsdem]

15. Unfortunately, there was an offensive SNL skit in 1996 in which Bill Clinton reviews the film and

loves the First Lady dying in it.


I won't post it here, but if you're curious, you can find it posted on YouTube by SNL: "Weekend Update: Bill Clinton on Independence Day - SNL"

Nothing in that skit about blowing up Congress, though the aliens did blow up the Capitol in the film.

[marble falls]

16. Now I remember that. Thought it was beyond the pale then. I wouldn't censor it but it ...

is decidedly unfunny. I knew there was no way in Hell Bill Clinton ever said anything at all like that.

[PJMcK]

32. As I wrote...

... it wasn’t real. It was a comedian’s joke.

Jeez.

[marble falls]

34. So as long as its a joke its OK to repeat it. Situational ethics are OK. Change the ...

characters from the Clintons to you and your significant other and repeat it to him/her and her parents and see how funny they find it.

[samsingh]

13. trump admits he needs to a fake tape to be presidential

i dont' even think george w bush would have been that stupid.

[niyad]

17. Ole georgie just had the presidential seal on everything, including his socks.

[NYC Liberal]

22. I wonder if it was on the codpiece, too.

[niyad]

24. Hmm, probably not, since it was borrowed. . Although, maybe he little detachable magnet seals?

[AC_Mem]

18. Hope he did the right thing

and reported it.

People need to immediately block and report every nasty, trashy post he makes. just like they would for anyone else. he is not above the law or rules of society - as a matter of fact, he should be held to them MORE HIGHLY than the average joe BECAUSE he is the present resident.

[xxqqqzme]

19. I know rethugs

have a long history of using the creative product of others without permission so how can this no-talent bastUrd do this? Who thought this was clever or funny. Was this a SNL stunt?

[lsewpershad]

20. Has always been

and still the biggest fake...

[SWBTATTReg]

21. rump's hijacking of this very presidential moment in 'Independence Day' simply shows ...

just how pathetically needy rump is.

He's seeing the adoration that Obama gets (deserving so), as well as the adoration that an actor gets, for playing a fake presidents and he is craving it, desperately.

Maybe if he acted presidential for once, eh?

I think that he thinks being 'presidential' is keeping his nose tilted upwards, w/ a perpetual frown on his face always, and signing executive orders that no one can figure out if that's his signature or not.

He obviously thinks that he is above the rest of us, and thus, he can barely restrain himself from throwing up, in having to deal w/ us regular people.

He's just a moron and loser. I can't wait until Nov. 2020 rolls around, and he's told: 'You're FIRED'

[sarge43]

23. Some time ago, in a TV studio far..... oh, you know

"Donald, it was a movie."

[niyad]

25. Snicker.

[sarge43]

26. "It's not like this in real life, but how you know."

Perfect summation of wtf is wrong with that creep

[SharonClark]

27. Further proof trump is insane

No sane person would post something like that and expect it to go well.

[LakeArenal]

28. So... if Dump has written out the speech and said the words it would be plagiarism.

But if he steals it like this...isn’t it at least theft of intellectual property?

[Steelrolled]

29. The press and social media still jump every time Trump tweets something kooky

Free advertising for his fans, and it it gets the opposition riled up, which pleases his fans even more. I don't get it.

[Cha]

30. Pullman campaigned for Hillary Clinton in 2016.. Thank You

Bill Pullman.

Poor widdle nasty assface trump.. So jealous of President Obama he tried to hijack President Obama and the 2020 Graduates' moment posing as Bill Pullman.

Mahalo, hpd!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

31. K&R

[Blue Owl]

33. That clip is nothing other than laughably bad