Art Garfunkel joins growing list of celebrities considering a move abroad over Trump presidency

Musician Art Garfunkel has joined the growing list of celebrities considering leaving the United States in response to President Donald Trump’s administration and policies.

In an interview with The Guardian , Garfunkel, 84, told the British publication he is concerned about the country’s stance on key issues and is considering moving elsewhere.

"I don’t like America’s position at all," he told the outlet.

"I’m not aboard, and I’m thinking of leaving the country, frankly." CHRIS ROBINSON, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN FACE BACKLASH AS 'AMERICANS HAVE HAD ENOUGH' OF BEING LECTURED: EXPERT Garfunkel expressed concern about climate change , international affairs and other political issues.

"It’s real that the planet is getting warmer, that the water’s rising, that so many people are starving," Garfunkel said in the piece that originally ran Sept.

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"When Donald Trump took over Venezuela, are those the new rules? Just take over a country and run it?" Garfunkel said.

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The New York City -born musician is among the latest American celebrities to consider moving abroad or to have relocated while criticizing Trump’s presidency.

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Former daytime talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has said Trump’s election prompted her and wife Portia de Rossi to make their stay in the United Kingdom permanent.

"We got here the day before the election and woke up to lots of texts from our friends with crying emojis, and I was like, 'He got in,'" DeGeneres told broadcaster Richard Bacon, according to the BBC in 2025.

"And we're like, 'We're staying here.'" In August , O’Donnell returned to the United States for a weeklong guest-hosting stint on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" The 64-year-old comic then turned her attention to her new residency in Ireland.