{"id":2600081,"date":"2026-05-07T18:03:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-hamill-deletes-photo-depicting-dead-trump-after-assassination-attempt\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T18:03:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:03:22","slug":"mark-hamill-deletes-photo-depicting-dead-trump-after-assassination-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-hamill-deletes-photo-depicting-dead-trump-after-assassination-attempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Hamill deletes photo depicting dead Trump after assassination attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmark-hamill-deletes-photo-depicting-dead-trump-after-assassination-attempt%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2600081&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Star Wars actor Mark Hamill posted a now-deleted image on BlueSky showing President Donald Trump \u201cdead,\u201d prompting backlash. The post was captioned in a way that suggested Hamill wanted Trump killed (\u201cif only\u201d), though Hamill also said he was actually wishing for Trump to stay alive so he could be held accountable. After criticism-including from the White House, which called him a \u201csick individual\u201d-Hamill deleted the photo and later posted an \u201caccurate edit for clarity\u201d showing Trump\u2019s hair blowing in the wind, apologizing for any offense.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy comes weeks after Trump faced what authorities said was a third assassination attempt in two years, including an attack at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner where a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >suspect<\/a> was detained by Secret Service before reaching the ballroom. A White House spokesman condemned Hamill\u2019s post and urged Democrats as well to denounce calls to violence, also pointing to Hamill\u2019s appearance in a video with former President Barack Obama.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/star-wars\/\">Star Wars<\/a> actor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3126740\/star-wars-actor-mark-hamill-warns-dont-go-orange-side\/\">Mark Hamill<\/a> posted a photo depicting President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> dead, including the text \u201cif only,\u201d just weeks after the third assassination attempt against Trump in two years. <\/p>\n<p>The since-deleted photo, posted to BlueSky on Wednesday, shows Trump lying in front of a gravesite. While the post suggests Hamill wants Trump dead, the caption shows the actor wants Trump to stay alive to be \u201cheld accountable.\u201d <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4559291\/texas-waterpark-cancel-muslim-only-event-abbott-call-out\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Texas water park cancels \u2018Muslim only\u2019 event after Abbott threatens to pull funds<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4558157\/alan-dershowitz-turns-on-democratic-party\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>After 70 years of loyalty, Alan Dershowitz turns on Democratic Party<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4556807\/zohran-mamdani-all-foam-no-beer-joe-concha\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>\u2018Mamdani is all foam and no beer\u2019: Joe Concha<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cHe should live long enough to witness the inevitable devastating loss in the midterms, be held accountable for his unprecedented corruption, impeached &#038; humiliated for his countless crimes,\u201d he said. \u201cLong enough to realize he\u2019ll be disgraced in the history books, forevermore.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Hamill deleted the photo after receiving a wave of backlash, including from the White House, which characterized the actor as a \u201csick individual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jon-voight-left-media-hypocritical-on-hunter-biden-racism\/\" title=\"Jon Voight: Left, media hypocritical on Hunter Biden racism\">actor posted<\/a> on social media hours after deleting the initial post with a new photo of the president\u2019s hair blowing in the wind, writing that the new post was an \u201caccurate edit for clarity.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cActually, I was wishing him the opposite of dead, but apologize if you found the image inappropriate,\u201d Hamill <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/markhamillofficial.bsky.social\/post\/3mlbw7ipivc2c\">said on Bluesky<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Hamill\u2019s posts came weeks after the president faced his third assassination attempt. <\/p>\n<p>At the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/White-House-Correspondents-Association\/\">White House Correspondents\u2019 Association<\/a> dinner on April 25, a gunman ran through a Secret Service checkpoint at the Washington Hilton, heading toward the ballroom where the president and other members of the administration were.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Secret-Service\/\">Secret Service<\/a> detained the alleged shooter, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4556403\/grand-jury-indictment-cole-allen\/\">Cole Allen<\/a>, before he could get to the ballroom. Allen was later charged with attempting to assassinate the president.<\/p>\n<p>Allen was also charged with discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, transporting a firearm across state lines, and assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon, according to the indictment.  <\/p>\n<p>This was the first assassination attempt during the president\u2019s second term in office, with the other two attempts occurring during Trump\u2019s 2024 reelection campaign. <\/p>\n<p>White House spokesman David Ingle condemned the post in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/mark-hamill-posts-photo-depicting-dead-trump-just-days-after-assassination-attempt\">statement to Fox News<\/a>, calling on Democrats to also speak out against the \u201ccall to violence.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4552789\/pirro-cole-allen-secret-service-agent-shot\/\"><strong>PIRRO SAYS TRUMP DINNER SHOOTING SUSPECT \u2018DEFINITIVELY\u2019 SHOT SECRET SERVICE AGENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBarack Hussein Obama just appeared in a video with this deranged lunatic three days ago. Now this same person is calling for President Trump to die. Why won\u2019t Obama and Democrats condemn this disgusting call to violence?\u201d Ingle said.<\/p>\n<p>Ingle was referring to a video in which Hamill appeared alongside former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\">Barack Obama<\/a> on May 4, also known as \u201cStar Wars Day,\u201d celebrating the holiday and the opening of Obama\u2019s Presidential Center in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Chicago\/\">Chicago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Star Wars actor Mark Hamill shared a Trump-death image,<br \/>\nsparking backlash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3984,"featured_media":2600082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-collage-pj1a1nowq-1778187355395-e1778190473843.jpg?1778176133&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34943,79291,32319,38620,32364],"class_list":["post-2600081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-assassination-attempt","tag-deleted-photo","tag-donald-trump","tag-mark-hamill","tag-social-media"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-collage-pj1a1nowq-1778187355395-e1778190473843.jpg?1778176133&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2600081"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2600085,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600081\/revisions\/2600085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2600082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2600081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2600081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2600081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}