{"id":2514,"date":"2024-06-27T00:20:13","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T00:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/?p=2514"},"modified":"2024-06-27T00:20:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T00:20:14","slug":"barbra-streisand-says-she-cant-live-in-this-country-if-donald-trump-wins-2024-presidential-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/barbra-streisand-says-she-cant-live-in-this-country-if-donald-trump-wins-2024-presidential-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbra Streisand says she \u2018can\u2019t live in this country\u2019 if Donald Trump wins 2024 presidential election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>After coldly serenading former president Donald Trump in her song \u201cDon\u2019t Lie to Me,\u201d Barbra Streisand&nbsp;again slams the \u201ctyrant,\u201d saying if the Republican front-runner for 2024 is re-elected, she\u2019s leaving the United States.\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Calling the four-times-indicted Trump \u201cso stupid,\u201d and \u201cill-informed,\u201d the singer and actor recently shared with Stephen Colbert \u201cI can\u2019t live in this country if he becomes president \u201d\n\n\n\n<p><strong>But this isn\u2019t the first time she\u2019s made that threat, nor is she the only celebrity&nbsp;who broke their vows of fleeing to Canada, Europe or even Jupiter after Trump last won in 2016.\n\n\n\n<p>Barbra Streisand, the 81-year-old treasure wasn\u2019t meant to be a&nbsp;<em>Funny Girl&nbsp;when she said. Yes, Mr. Trump, let\u2019s make America great again. But first, get one thing straight: America was great \u2013 before you were elected.\u201d\n\n\n\n<p>The long-time Democratic supporter and fundraiser isn\u2019t shy about expressing her dislike of the former president and has called him \u201cthe Liar in Chief, the Groper in Chief.\u201d\n\n\n\n</p><p>In 2018, the EGOT (she holds an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) released her 36<sup>th&nbsp;album, \u201cWalls,\u201d inspired by the reality show star turned President of the United States.\n\n\n\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image\"'><img decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/cdn-main.newsner.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/sites%5C/11%5C/2022%5C/04%5C/05200641%5C/shutterstock_186516167.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' class='\"wp-image-99750\"\/'>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking with Associated Press&nbsp;about the song, she said, \u201cI wanted to talk about the things that were making me feel so sad, heartbroken.\u201d Streisand continues, \u201cI just can\u2019t stand what\u2019s going on. His assault on our democracy, our institutions, our founders \u2013 I think we\u2019re in a fight\u2026We\u2019re in a war for the soul of America.\u201d\n\n\n\n</p><p>The Grammy-nominated album \u2013 a musical homage to Trump\u2019s tyranny \u2013 includes songs like \u201cDon\u2019t Lie to Me,\u201d which Streisand explains was motivated by the news that made her \u201csick, listening to lies, listening to things that are such craziness.\u201d\n\n\n\n</p><p>\u201cI can\u2019t stand being lied to, and I don\u2019t think the country should be lied to either.\u201dShe then told, \u201cAnd I just couldn\u2019t comprehend how he could tell all these lies with absolutely no guilt (clearly he\u2019s not Jewish.)\u201d\n\n\n\n</p><h2 class='\"wp-block-heading\"' id='\"h-art-is-the-enemy-of-tyrants\"'>\u2018Art is the enemy of tyrants\u2019\n\n\n\n</h2><p>Explaining why she\u2019s compelled to be politically involved, Streisand sounds off on the friction between politicians and artists in her 2023 memoir, \u201cMy Name is Barbra.\u201d\n\n\n\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image\"'><img decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/cdn-main.newsner.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/sites%5C/11%5C/2021%5C/10%5C/05203958%5C/donaldtrump1-2-scaled.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Donald' trump class='\"wp-image-88604\"\/'>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhy does it make so many people angry when artists speak out?\u201d Babs asks. \u201cArtists, Streisand said, can serve as \u2018a country\u2019s conscience.\u2019 Their work gives us a reflection of the times, and sometimes they challenge us to see what others would prefer to ignore. They can give voice to the voiceless, by speaking up when no one else will.\u201d\n\n\n\n</p><p>She adds, \u201cThat\u2019s why art is the enemy of tyrants and dictators.\u201d\n\n\n\n</p><p>Offering her powerful voice unfortunately didn\u2019t sway the voting population.\n\n\n\n</p><h2 class='\"wp-block-heading\"' id='\"h-planet-s-gone-bonkers\"'>\u2018Planet\u2019s gone bonkers\u2019\n\n\n\n</h2><p>Ahead of the 2016 elections, the&nbsp;<em>Prince of Tides&nbsp;star told the Australian version of 60 Minutes.\u201cHe has no facts. I don\u2019t know, I can\u2019t believe it. I\u2019m either coming to your country [Australia], if you\u2019ll let me in, or Canada.\u201d\n\n\n\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image\"'><img decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/cdn-main.newsner.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/sites%5C/11%5C/2022%5C/04%5C/05200640%5C/shutterstock_72956593.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' class='\"wp-image-99751\"\/'>\n\n\n\n<p>But Streisand wasn\u2019t the only A-list celebrity who claimed they would leave the U.S. if Trump took office.\n\n\n\n</p><p>Chelsea Handler, who voiced her determination to leave, reversed her decision the day after Trump\u2019s victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton. \u201cYesterday, my staff reminded me that platforms and voices like mine are needed more than ever; leaving the country is quitting.\u201d\n\n\n\n</p><p>Meanwhile, other celebrities were more creative with their escape plans.\n\n\n\n</p><p>Comedian and talk show host Jon Stewart\u201cI would consider getting in a rocket and going to another planet, because clearly this planet\u2019s gone bonkers.\u201d\n\n\n\n</p><h2 class='\"wp-block-heading\"' id='\"h-post-trump\"'>Post Trump\n\n\n\n</h2><p>After spending \u201cfour years in a dark hole,\u201d the star of 1983\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Yentl&nbsp;told People. of President Joe Biden \u201cthe country is certainly headed in the right direction.\u201d The 2021 interview continues, \u201cI love Biden. I love his compassion, his honesty, his integrity, his love of facts, not fiction.\u201d\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSince 2016, we\u2019ve been dragged down into the mud of Trump\u2019s swamp. He has demolished our standing in the world with his laughable boasts and breathtaking ignorance,\u201d she writes in an essay for Variety.\n\n\n\n</p><h2 class='\"wp-block-heading\"' id='\"h-restore-nobility-of-truth\"'>\u2018Restore nobility of truth\u2019\n\n\n\n</h2><p>Now, Streisand is voicing her concerns over the upcoming elections and Trump as the clear Republican frontrunner.\n\n\n\n</p><p>Appearing on an episode of&nbsp;<em>The Late Show, the legendary singer and actor told the host Stephen Colbert, that she won\u2019t tolerate living in a country ruled by the man she earlier called \u201cso stupid\u201d and \u201cso ill-informed.\u201d\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t live in this country if he becomes president,\u201d Streisand said, adding if she relocates, she\u2019ll probably head to England because \u201cI like England.\u201d<br>\n\n\n\n<figure class='\"wp-block-embed' is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio><div class='\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"'>\n<iframe loading='\"lazy\"' title='\"On' female directors joe biden and trump barbra streisand talks to stephen colbert width='\"500\"' height='\"281\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.youtube.com%5C/embed%5C/CSu8pqPG4rA?feature=oembed%5C%22" frameborder='\"0\"' allow='\"accelerometer;' autoplay clipboard-write encrypted-media gyroscope picture-in-picture web-share referrerpolicy='\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"' allowfullscreen>\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTrump is a man who has never once taken responsibility for his own actions, preferring to blame others when he\u2019s at fault. Even impeachment hasn\u2019t humbled him, because thanks to his Republican enablers, he has escaped accountability once again,\u201d She writes\u201d.\n\n\n\n</p><p>\u201cWe need a new America, without pollution, without obscenities, without insults, without revenge. We need to restore the nobility of truth\u2026and only then will America be great again.\u201d\n\n\n\n</p><p><strong>If Streisand circles back to Canada as a new potential home, she\u2019ll have to act quickly as the Republicans are also calling to build a wall along the border of Canada.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class='\"mh-excerpt\"'><p>After coldly serenading former president Donald Trump in her song \u201cDon\u2019t Lie to Me,\u201d Barbra Streisand&nbsp;again slams the \u201ctyrant,\u201d saying if the Republican front-runner for <a class='\"mh-excerpt-more\"' href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/sciencesandnatures.com%5C/barbra-streisand-says-she-cant-live-in-this-country-if-donald-trump-wins-2024-presidential-election%5C/%5C%22" title='\"Barbra' streisand says she live in this country if donald trump wins presidential election>[&hellip;]\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2514"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2517,"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514\/revisions\/2517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</a></p></div></strong></p></iframe></div></figure></p></em></p></em></p></figure></em></p></figure></p></figure></sup></p></em></p></strong></p></strong></p></strong></p>