Film director Oliver Stone defended former President Donald Trump in an interview that was published over the weekend against the criminal trials that he faces.
Speaking with Variety, Stone, who is a staunch opponent of the former president, compared the trials that Trump faces with the trials that other world leaders face.
“The charges on both sides of the Trump-Biden election are pretty wild,” Stone said. “It’s a new form of warfare. It’s called lawfare. And that’s what they’re using against Trump. And I think there’s interesting parallels here in America, as well as all over the world, you’re seeing this kind of behavior. [Trump’s] got four trials and some of these charges, whether you’re for him or against him, they are minor.”
The interviewer said that when Stone started talking about Trump, a publicist for Stone’s new documentary, “Lula,” which is…
