Legendary broadcaster Sir Stephen Fry was weighing in on Donald Trump’s recent comments and said “It is a real worry – it’s a desperate, desperate time”
Stephen Fry brands Trump a ‘bully’ as he shares fears over spread of ‘fascism’
Stephen Fry was hailed for a ‘merciless’ take-down of Donald Trump on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg show.
Legendary actor and broadcaster Fry, who visited Ukraine and interviewed Zelensky in Kyiv back in 2023, won praise from viewers for not pulling any punches in the video above.
One viewer wrote on X: “Yet another example of Stephen Fry being a national treasure.” Another said: “These are the voices of reason we need in this time of uncertainty.” One added: “Just when I thought I couldn’t love Stephen Fry any more. Absolutely hit the nail on the head with this one.”
Shortly after the show started, Fry was quizzed on Ukraine and said: “I’m deeply worried by the darkening shadow that’s going over the world, a shadow we have to call fascism… absolutely it’s a cult of power and power only speaks to power.
“The worry is the contempt that Trump, as Putin always has, the contempt for British politicians whoever they might be from Macron, we’ll see what happens in Germany – they’ve tried to push the ultra-right party, Vance and others have supported it.
“It is a real worry – it’s a desperate, desperate time.”
President Trump – now one month into his second term – has courted controversy in recent weeks over his handling of peace talks with European leaders over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
He notably parroted several of Vladimir Putin’s positions last week, insisting Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky was a “dictator without elections” and that Ukraine started the conflict.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy star carefully unpicked Trump’s stance and said: “One can use rhetoric to suggest that this is peacemaking, and that all that Donald Trump wants to do is end the war but this is a new world.
“We are talking about a very extraordinary situation now where the bullies who have risen to the top – I’ve called it fascism because that’s what it is – and their total contempt for the old world order.
“You have to remember the psychology of a bully in school. Bullies feast on the fear that they cause – think of Joe Pesci in Goodfellas. Look at who Trump admires… Saudi Arabia, Russia, Turkey, Belarus, India, Israel… places which are basically moving towards fascism, nationalism and they don’t listen to people like Starmer.”
“It’s shouting, it’s nasty, it’s bullying and it’s fascism – and we have to realign ourselves – this is no longer the proper world.”
