Actor and activist Sean Penn ripped President Donald Trump as “not unlike” a spousal murderer, and told Jim Acosta he “might destroy the world” before his time in the presidency ends.

Penn was a guest on Thursday’s edition of his Substack video podcast The Jim Acosta Show, along with Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA). Acosta and Swalwell brought up the prospect of Trump leaving everyone who “caved” to him in the lurch after his presidency ends.

But Penn floated another “worst-case scenario” involving the literal destruction of the world:

JIM ACOSTA: Bukele needs to be told, like, there are going to be other administrations that are going to come in here that are not going to look too kindly on this. What you’re doing down there.

REP. ERIC SWALWELL: Jim, Bukele should be told that, the law firms that are caving should be told that, the colleges that are cave in should be told that.

The CEOs who have antitrust suits against them and are trying to find their way out by donating to his inauguration funds or helping him in some other way, they should be taught that.

We’re taking inventory of who’s trying to do these one-off anti-democratic deals with Donald Trump. There’s going to be a day of reckoning and accountability because the president’s poll numbers are under 40% right now.

I mean, he’s in a free fall as far as his poll numbers. And we’re putting more and more seats in Congress and in the Senate in play. And so we expect a wave-like election, and we’re preparing for that. And we are going to be a check that is not there right now.

And so, yes, he should think twice about what the long-term future of El Salvador is if Donald Trump is no longer in power.

SEAN PENN: But before Bukele gets to that point where he’s dealing with another leader, we should consider worst case scenarios.

And I do think it’s a reasonable theory that Donald Trump is not unlike the spouse of someone who leaves him, perhaps for another, who then murders their former partner because if they can’t have her, nobody can.

And I think Donald Trump and his solipsism may have that relationship with the world and that this destruction is in part a power play. And also a literal intention of his final out.

JIM ACOSTA: You think he’ll try to stay on?

SEAN PENN: I think he might try to destroy the world before he ages out of life.

REP. ERIC SWALWELL: I just, in the history of dictators or those who aspire to be dictators, there’s never a succession plan, right?

There’s never, and that’s what worries me is if he doesn’t believe there’s somebody who can protect him, that he, you will see him ratchet up, you know, what he’s willing to do to the country to protect himself.

Watch above via The Jim Acosta Show.

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