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‘If Donald Trump wins I’m moving back to Sweden’

Swedish Hollywood actor Joel Kinnaman may have starred in both House of Cards and Robocop. But if Donald Trump becomes president, the actor said he will quit the US.

'If Donald Trump wins I'm moving back to Sweden'
From left, Viola Davis, Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Jared Leto and Joel Kinnaman. Photo: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

Known from political thriller series House of Cards, action flick Robocop and Swedish hit Easy Money (Snabba Cash), Kinnaman is currently starring alongside Will Smith in new blockbuster 'Suicide Squad'.

The 36-year-old Swede's dad was American and he holds dual passports. But not even emotional ties will keep him in Hollywood if controversial Republican candidate Trump wins the US presidential election, he said in an interview with Sweden's King Magazine.

“If Trump wins we're packing our bags and moving home to Sweden, that's for sure,” the Expressen tabloid quoted him as telling the men's style magazine.

“It's a damn scary wave of fascism moving across the world right now. It feels like those 20-25 percent of idiots there are in each country have suddenly awakened from some kind of stupor and started having opinions. Really nasty,” he added.

The Swede said he had met the sitting President Obama, at an official dinner at the White House.

“We actually talked twice during the evening. Once at the pre-mingle when we arrived with the rest of the 400 invited guests. We babbled a bit about Cuba, if I remember correctly. I had been there for New Year's and liked it, as did he,” he said.

“The second time was in the men's room during dinner. I came out from the toilet and he was in line to get inside. It think I said something along the lines of: 'Yo, this one's available. You can have this one.' He was like: 'thanks'. Pretty cool, anyway.”

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Released in August, crime movie Suicide Squad is about a secret government agency recruiting previously imprisoned supervillains to carry out dangerous underground missions for the state.

The film cast includes a host of huge global names, from US actor and singer Jared Leto to British model and Hollywood starlet Cara Delevigne, Legend of Tarzan heroine Margot Robbie and the above-mentioned mega star Will Smith.

DEUTSCHE BANK

Deutsche Bank set ‘to cut ties with Trump’

Deutsche Bank will cease its longstanding relationship with outgoing US president Donald Trump, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.

Deutsche Bank set 'to cut ties with Trump'
Deutsche Bank's headquarters in Frankfurt. Photo: DPA

Deutsche Bank was Trump's primary lender for two decades, and he owes the institution more than $300 million, according to the newspaper, which cited an unnamed source as saying the German lender “has decided not to do business with Mr. Trump or his company in the future.”

Deutsche Bank declined to comment to AFP.

The move comes on the heels of last week's violent attack on the US Capitol by Trump supporters at the president's incitement, and follows steps taken by other companies to cut ties with Trump and his businesses.

READ ALSO: Trump under investigation for Deutsche Bank ties

Christiana Riley, head of Deutsche Bank's US division, called the violent
siege on the Capital “a dark day for America and our democracy” in a post on LinkedIn last week.

“We are proud of our Constitution and stand by those who seek to uphold it to ensure that the will of the people is upheld and a peaceful transition of power takes place,” Riley said.

“It is my hope that these shocking events will result in a reinvigoration
of the principles our nation was built upon.”

Trump's relationship with Deutsche Bank has sparked numerous probes in the United States, including in New York, where the Manhattan District Attorney is investigating whether Trump committed financial crimes as he sought loans.

READ ALSO: 'Worlds between us': What Trump's German family's town thinks of him today

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