Homeland star Mandy Patinkin calls out Trump's relationship with intelligence community
to call out President Trump’s embattled relationship with the intelligence community, saying he “can’t have it both ways” when it comes to relying on them to justify an Iranian attack but ignoring their warnings about Russian election interference.
Patinkin, who plays Saul Berenson on the Showtime drama that’ll return next month for its eighth and final season, said at the Television Critics Association winter press tour that he and castmatespent a great deal of time over the years with members of the CIA, who are routinely criticized for their actions and rarely lauded for their good deeds.
“I really have profound respect for their admissions of their mistakes,” said Patinkin, who began his remarks by reciting the history of the CIA and how it was formed after World War II to provide the president with intelligence. “I have to call out the irony of the last three years… the contagion and cancer that affects the world globally. To go to war on the intelligence community… you can’t have it both ways.
While talking to reporters Monday, executive producer Alex Gansa said that “what counterterrorism has done to us as nation can be mirrored in Claire’s journey” over the show’s eight seasons. “She was 100 percent gung-ho about keeping the country safe, but she became disillusioned about its projected power overseas. We were always rigorously invested in telling both sides of that story.”
Patinkin also had a special message for the country’s real-life spies. “Members of the intelligence community who became an integral part of our journey and our audience will not be disappointed about the way we bring this to fruition,” he said. “Not in a simplistic way, not in a sentimental way.”returns Sunday, Feb. 9, at 9 p.m. ET on Showtime. It remains the premium network’s most-watched show.
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