'Needs a brain scan': Jeffrey Katzenberg slammed for calling Trump 'colossal a**hole' and Biden 'decent'

Jeffrey Katzenberg, the former chairman of Walt Disney Studios, criticized Trump, calling him unfit for office
UPDATED MAY 8, 2024
At a West Hollywood gathering, Katzenberg (M) painted Trump (L) as a 'colossal a**hole' while praising Biden (R) as 'decent' (Stanford/YouTube, Getty Images)
At a West Hollywood gathering, Katzenberg (M) painted Trump (L) as a 'colossal a**hole' while praising Biden (R) as 'decent' (Stanford/YouTube, Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Legendary Hollywood producer Jeffrey Katzenberg didn't mince words when he blasted former President Donald Trump during a recent event in Los Angeles, as reported by OK! Magazine.

The former Disney chairman's remarks painted Trump as a "colossal a**hole" while praising President Joe Biden as "decent," setting off a firestorm of criticism across social media platforms.

Jeffrey Katzenberg lambasts Trump while praising Biden at West Hollywood gathering

The blistering statements were made on Sunday, May 5, at a gathering in West Hollywood. Recounting his long history with Trump, Katzenberg declared, "I've known Donald Trump for 50 years. The only thing I can say is he was a colossal a------ then and nothing has really changed."

Katzenberg, who led Walt Disney Studios from 1984 to 1994, went on to label Trump a "catastrophe on a level that I don't think people have fully paid attention to."

He claimed that Trump always says "what he's thinking and what he is going to do," citing Trump's recent controversial interview with Time magazine as an example of his increasingly alarming rhetoric.

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Jeffery Katzenberg went on to label Donald Trump a 'catastrophe on a level that I don't think people have fully paid attention to.' (Getty Images)

In a chilling analogy, Katzenberg compared the current political climate in America to the emergence of Nazi Germany, recalling a high school lesson on Adolf Hitler's rise to power.

"When I was in high school, we were studying Third Reich Germany and the rise of Hitler, and over the holiday, our teacher suggested to the class that, to the degree which we could, please go home and talk to your grandparents. Ask them, what did they read? What did they see? What did they hear? What they do?" Katzenberg explained.

Katzenberg claimed his French and German grandparents had the same reaction at the time – dismissing Hitler as a "clown" whose ideas seemed "incredibly impossible, and unimaginable" until it was too late. "And then we ran for our lives, quite literally," he added solemnly.

In contrast, Katzenberg showered Biden with compliments, stating, "I’ve known Joe Biden for 40 years, maybe 45 years. He is actually one of the most decent human beings I know."

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Jeffrey Katzenberg lambasts Trump while praising Biden at West Hollywood gathering. (Stanford/YouTube)

Internet slams Jeffrey Katzenberg for inflammatory remarks about Trump

Katzenberg's inflammatory remarks about Trump and the Hitler comparison drew swift condemnation online. One Facebook user suggested, "This man needs a brain scan to check if he has one!"

Another remarked, "Poor judge of character...best to stay quiet instead of looking like a fool..."

A third user chimed in, stating, "He must be one of the most delusional people on the planet."

Meanwhile, a fourth user commented, "The mouth of a Hollywood democrat says nothing but lies and hate. Just look how democrats destroyed California folks, that's all you need to see."

One user claimed, "This guy suffers from cannot pay attention syndrome," and another asserting, "More proof Hollywierd is being run by retards!!!"

Another user expressed disdain, stating, "His brain has been washed, wrung out, and dried! What an imbecile!"

Lastly, an eighth user condemned, "If you can sit there and say Biden is a decent human being, it shows what a deceitful person you are."

This article contains remarks made on the Internet by individual people and organizations. MEAWW cannot confirm them independently and does not support claims or opinions being made online.

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