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Posted: 2020-04-02T07:14:39Z | Updated: 2020-04-02T12:45:45Z Mark Hamill Stops Short Of Pulling Cruel Donald Trump-Themed April Fools' Prank | HuffPost

Mark Hamill Stops Short Of Pulling Cruel Donald Trump-Themed April Fools' Prank

The "Star Wars" actor said he "didn't want it to go to waste" and shared the joke later in the day.
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Mark Hamill  said he came this close to playing a cruel, President Donald Trump -themed prank on April Fools’ Day .

But the “Star Wars” actor said he ultimately decided not to tweet a spoof screenshot of a news report saying Trump had resigned, so he posted it on Twitter later in the evening on Wednesday instead.

“I downloaded this headline yesterday before I decided not to participate in #AprilFoolsDay but didn’t want it to go to waste,” he tweeted.

In an earlier tweet , Hamill explained why he believed April Fools’ which saw a dearth of pranks this year amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic is “our worst ‘holiday.’”

“It encourages lying for fun, gives people a pass on mean pranks at the expense of others & there’s no coloring of eggs or exchange of gifts or candy whatsoever,” wrote Hamill, a fierce critic of Trump and his administration’s haphazard handling of the public health crisis.

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