George Takei: Donald Trump is the real 'American terrorist'

Writing for the New York Daily News, the actor best known for his role as Mr Sulu on the original series of Star Trek railed against President Trump.

In an article published on Wednesday, Takei took the new president to task over his 'travel ban' and his inconsistent approach to LGBT rights.

Takei has previously goaded, mocked, and teased the president on social media.

Takei opened with a brazen call for the president to step down.

Donald Trump is the chaos President — and it's time that he resign.

He is ignorant of history and facts and has no interest in learning. He reacts based on his emotion and his "alternative facts."

Takei didn't just criticise, he also made reference to occasions he'd attempted to convince president Trump of his point of view.

On Muslim refugees:

When he previously called for a 'total and complete shutdown' of Muslims entering the U.S. in 2015, I invited him to see my Broadway musical "Allegiance," based on my personal experience as a child in two U.S. internment camps during World War II. We reserved a seat for him every night. He never came.

And on same-sex marriage.

The day of our meeting, he rushed in and said very excitedly, 'I went to a gay wedding, and it was beautiful. You gays have such great taste.'

I asked why he didn't publicly support marriage equality, and he said that wasn't possible. He only believed in 'traditional marriage,' he said. Never mind his own track record and what he'd just said.

Trump can profess a principle and then go blatantly against it. He is ignorant, and because of his ignorance, he is fearful. Actually, the real terrorist is Donald Trump. He's the American terrorist.

In a chilling reminder, Takei recounted his memories from Japanese internment camps during the Second World War, in which Japanese citizens of America were kept against they're will.

I will never forget the terrorising morning two soldiers marched up the driveway of my family's two-bedroom home in Los Angeles carrying rifles with shiny bayonets. They stomped up the front porch and pounded on the front door with their fists.

Tears were streaming down my mother's face as we left.

Our first stop was the Santa Anita racetrack because the camps were not built yet. We were herded over to the stable area, where each family was assigned one horse stall. The stench of horse manure was still pungent.

At the close of his article, Takei provided a link to a petition:

Stating my support of Muslim people and opposing any policies that target them unfairly.

 

It already has over 260,000 signatories.

To read Takei's full remarks, click here.

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