Martin Sheen calls Trump 'biggest nothing in the world', asks him to 'get in touch with humanity'

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Three-time Emmy Award winner Martin Sheen went after President Donald Trump and his administration during an interview on MSNBC’s 'The Best People with Nicolle Wallace' podcast, which aired on Monday, October 13. 

The 'Apocalypse Now' actor suggested that the Republican leader should realize he is the "biggest nothing in the world," criticizing his inner circle for lacking integrity and failing to meet the public's "great hunger" for truth. 

Martin Sheen says Trump's inner circle 'smells of ego, fear and false worship'

On the podcast, Martin Sheen said, "It's a mighty battle going on. It's not about winning or losing. It's about being in touch with your own personal humanity because there's such a lack of it coming from this administration."

Describing the atmosphere around Trump, he said, "I'm convinced of this — that when you look at this group of people at the round table in the White House, the cabinet room, every one of those people looks across the table and they do not see anyone who is better than they are."

"They generally see a reflection of their [worst] selves. There's no heroes in there. There's no music. There's no laughter. There's no self-effacement. There's no joy in that room. It smells of ego and fear and false worship," he added.

Martin Sheen's advice for Trump

Urging the members of the Donald Trump administration, the actor said, "If we're lucky enough to surrender and accept the responsibility that we start as nothing basically, except our humanity, then we realize, 'Oh my God, being human is all we need.'"

"We're broken. It's beautiful brokenness, because if you weren't broken, nothing could get in to change you," Sheen added. 

In a direct message to Trump, Sheen said, "You've got to realize, sir, that you are the biggest nothing in the world. Stop listening to all these people around you, these sycophants who are encouraging you to be your non-human self. Get in touch with that humanity." 

"Stop fussing with your hair, don’t worry about your tie and stand up straight and speak clearly, not from your throat. Speak from your heart and start being human. That’s what you were made for, not golf. So there you are Mr President — with all due respect, sir," he added. 

Martin Sheen on Kennedy legacy in American politics

Pointing to Donald Trump's Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, Martin Sheen noted the legacy of his family in American politics.

"His father [Robert F Kennedy] sat in that room [with] the ExComm committee in October 1962 during the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis," he recalled. "He literally, with his brother John, rejected an attack on Cuba and basically saved the world from nuclear annihilation."

The actor stressed, "He did it because he was in touch with his humanity, and he understood the enemy was also human. If we don't find our own personal humanity, we cannot possibly find it or see it in each other."