Gere Slams Trump While Living in Spain

says he is 'deeply ashamed' of the United States over the government's rhetoric regarding immigrants as he blasted US President months after moving.

In late 2024, the 76-year-old acting legend and 43-year-old wife Alejandra Silva relocated their entire family to after Trump's election win, however, they returned to the US late last year after spending roughly a year living in Madrid.

Now, Gere - whose son Homer was recently - spoke at a launch for his foundation in , on Thursday.

Gere blasted Trump, 79, in a speech as the guest of honor at the joint migration initiative by the Hertie School Centre for Fundamental Rights and The Gere Foundation.

He said: 'Did it ever cross your mind that America could sink to this level? Did you ever imagine that someone as crazy as this would become President of the United States and work to destroy it?'

Gere did not stop there as he went on to take aim at the US Government over immigration rhetoric.

The actor said: 'Human history is, in many ways, the history of migration, of movement. It’s a story of people adapting, building, contributing, and dreaming. And yet, somehow, in today’s debates, we often speak about migrants, about refugees as if they were different from us. 

'I think the term I was actually given today, apparently, the US government is calling aliens. Aliens. That’s the latest. It had been vermin, now it’s aliens. I’m deeply ashamed of this, I want you to know. 

Meanwhile, during Gere and his wife's brief time away from the US in April 2025, Silva told Daily Mail that the family's relocation was not directly related to Trump's election victory but she pointedly commented she felt 'privileged' to be able to 'escape and go somewhere' (Gere and Silva seen in Madrid back in November)