Following her icy serenade of former President Donald Trump in the song “Don’t Lie to Me,” Barbra Streisand attacks the “tyrant” once more, threatening to leave the country if the Republican nominee for 2024 is re-elected.
In an interview with Stephen Colbert, the musician and actor called the four-time indicted Trump “so stupid” and “ill-informed,” adding, “I can’t live in this country if he becomes president.”
However, she has threatened people before, and she is not the first famous person to have broken their word to leave for Canada, Europe, or even Jupiter after Trump’s victory in 2016.
When Barbra Streisand, the 81-year-old gem, exclaimed, “Yes, Mr. Trump, let’s make America great again,” she wasn’t aiming to be a Funny Girl. First things first: America was fantastic even before you were elected.
The seasoned Democratic fundraiser and supporter isn’t afraid to voice her disapproval of the outgoing president, referring to him as “the Liar in Chief, the Groper in Chief.”
The Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award winner, or EGOT, released her 36th album, “Walls,” in 2018. The album was inspired by the reality show star who went on to become the US president.

“I wanted to talk about the things that were making me feel so sad, heartbroken,” she remarked in an interview with Associated Press on the song. “I just can’t stand what’s going on,” Streisand says. I believe we are going to struggle over his attack on our democracy, our institutions, and our founders.We are engaged in a struggle for America’s soul.
A musical ode against Trump’s despotism, the Grammy-nominated album has hits like “Don’t Lie to Me,” which Streisand says was inspired by news that left her feeling “sick, listening to lies, listening to things that are such craziness.”
“I don’t think the country should be lied to, and I can’t stand to be lied to.” “And I simply couldn’t comprehend how he could tell all these lies with absolutely no guilt (clearly he’s not Jewish),” she quipped after that.
‘Art is the enemy of tyrants’
Explaining why she’s compelled to be politically involved, Streisand sounds off on the friction between politicians and artists in her 2023 memoir, “My Name is Barbra.”

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“Why does it make so many people angry when artists speak out?” Babs asks. “Artists, Streisand said, can serve as ‘a country’s conscience.’ Their work gives us a reflection of the times, and sometimes they challenge us to see what others would prefer to ignore. They can give voice to the voiceless, by speaking up when no one else will.”
She adds, “That’s why art is the enemy of tyrants and dictators.”
Offering her powerful voice unfortunately didn’t sway the voting population.
‘Planet’s gone bonkers’
Ahead of the 2016 elections, the Prince of Tides star told the Australian version of 60 Minutes, “He has no facts. I don’t know, I can’t believe it. I’m either coming to your country [Australia], if you’ll let me in, or Canada.”

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But Streisand wasn’t the only A-list celebrity who claimed they would leave the U.S. if Trump took office.
The Wrap reports that comedian George Lopez joked that he’d go back to Mexico: “If [Trump] wins, he won’t have to worry about immigration, we’ll all go back.”
Chelsea Handler, who voiced her determination to leave, reversed her decision the day after Trump’s victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton. “Yesterday, my staff reminded me that platforms and voices like mine are needed more than ever; leaving the country is quitting.”
Meanwhile, other celebrities were more creative with their escape plans.
Comedian and talk show host Jon Stewart said, “I would consider getting in a rocket and going to another planet, because clearly this planet’s gone bonkers.”
@gabeAlfassy IF HE WERE TO BE ELECTED,IM MOVING TO JUPITER 😖
— Cher (@cher) June 16, 2015
Post Trump
After spending “four years in a dark hole,” the star of 1983’s Yentl told People of President Joe Biden “the country is certainly headed in the right direction.” The 2021 interview continues, “I love Biden. I love his compassion, his honesty, his integrity, his love of facts, not fiction.”
“Since 2016, we’ve been dragged down into the mud of Trump’s swamp. He has demolished our standing in the world with his laughable boasts and breathtaking ignorance,” she writes in an essay for Variety.
‘Restore nobility of truth’
Now, Streisand is voicing her concerns over the upcoming elections and Trump as the clear Republican frontrunner.
Appearing on an episode of The Late Show, the legendary singer and actor told the host Stephen Colbert, that she won’t tolerate living in a country ruled by the man she earlier called “so stupid” and “so ill-informed.”
“I can’t live in this country if he becomes president,” Streisand said, adding if she relocates, she’ll probably head to England because “I like England.”
“Trump is a man who has never once taken responsibility for his own actions, preferring to blame others when he’s at fault. Even impeachment hasn’t humbled him, because thanks to his Republican enablers, he has escaped accountability once again,” she writes.
“We need a new America, without pollution, without obscenities, without insults, without revenge. We need to restore the nobility of truth…and only then will America be great again.”
If Streisand circles back to Canada as a new potential home, she’ll have to act quickly as the Republicans are also calling to build a wall along the border of Canada.
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