Tom Hanks tears into Donald Trump in major rant: ‘I’m offended as a man’

The A-lister is not impressed with the presidential candidate after his leaked comments
Jennifer Ruby12 October 2016
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Tom Hanks is not a fan of presidential candidate Donald Trump and is making his views known.

The A-list actor has said that he feels ‘personally offended as a man’ by the leaked derogatory and misogynistic comments made by the Republican.

While Trump may have dismissed his sexist comments about 'grabbing [women] by the p****’ as ‘locker room talk’, Hanks has other ideas.

“He was at work man. He wasn’t in a locker room, he was at work. He was showing up to do a thing on camera,” he told Press Association while promoting his new film Inferno.

Not a fan: Tom Hanks is not a fan of presidential candidate Donald Trump 
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“Look, I’m offended as a man. I’m not offended as a husband or a father. I’m offended as a guy.

“That’s just not right, I’m sorry. It’s not right at work. It’s not right in the locker room. It’s wrong. Period. The end. That’s all.”

Speaking to LBC, the star added: “You know, look, I’m voting for Hillary Clinton. I’m not making any secret about that because I have absolutely no faith in a self-serving gas bag like the other guy who’s running for President.

“I view all of our problems as if we have a very, very serious heart condition that needs the most precise, long-term care to look after and I’m not going to turn to somebody who says. ‘You know, you want me to be a cardiac surgeon? I can be a cardiac surgeon if I want to.’

“No, I’m going to go to somebody who is the most experienced, the most knowledgeable and the most wise when it comes down to looking after problems that are affecting everybody on the planet earth right now.”

“I mean, he's so blatantly stupid. He's a punk. He's a dog. He's a pig. He's a con, a bulls*** artist. A mutt who doesn't know what he's talking about,” he said.

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“He doesn't do his homework, doesn't care. He thinks he's gaming society. He doesn't pay his taxes.

“He's an idiot. Colin Powell said it best, he's a national disaster. He's an embarrassment to this country.

“It makes me so angry that this country has gotten to this point, that this fool, this bozo has wound up where he has.”

De Niro added: “He talks how he wants to punch people in the face. Well, I'd like to punch him in the face.”

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