See The Mark Hamill Post That Sparked Fury: “If Only” Trump Tombstone Meme Goes Viral As Assassination Threats Mount

By Javier Sanchez | Thursday, 07 May 2026 09:30 AM
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Actor Mark Hamill has sparked outrage after posting an image on the left-wing social media platform BlueSky depicting President Donald J. Trump dead in a grave, captioned with the words “If Only,” at a time of escalating concern over threats to the president’s life.

According to The Post Millennial, the graphic shows a tombstone inscribed “DONALD J. TRUMP 1946–2024,” with Trump’s body lying in the dirt beneath it and the phrase “If Only” splashed across the image. Hamill then elaborated in his post, writing, "If Only," and adding, "He should live long enough to witness his inevitable devastating loss in the midterms, be held accountable for his unprecedented corruption, impeached, convicted & humiliated for his countless crimes. Long enough to realize he'll be disgraced in the history books, forevermore. #don_TheCON."

The post circulated rapidly online, with critics condemning both the violent imagery and the recklessness of amplifying such content amid real-world threats. Many conservatives argued that if similar rhetoric were directed at a Democrat, it would be universally denounced by the media and Hollywood rather than excused as edgy political commentary.

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Those concerns are not theoretical: federal prosecutors this week charged 35-year-old Dean DelleChiaie, an FAA employee from New Hampshire, with threatening to kill Trump. Authorities allege DelleChiaie used a government computer to research methods of smuggling a firearm into a federal facility and to study prior assassination attempts involving the president.

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The case follows the arrest of Cole Allen, who was charged after gunfire erupted outside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, where prosecutors say Trump was his intended target. In the wake of that incident, Hamill again took to BlueSky, this time to question whether the attack might have been a hoax, further inflaming critics who see a pattern of cavalier rhetoric around political violence.

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Including the Allen incident, Trump has now been targeted in three assassination attempts since 2024, underscoring the gravity of the current climate. Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire at a 2024 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, injuring Trump and killing attendee Corey Comperatore before being shot dead by the Secret Service, while in a separate case, Ryan Routh was discovered armed near one of Trump’s Florida golf properties after allegedly targeting the president there.

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Hamill’s post also came just days after he shared a video of himself cheerfully promoting Barack Obama’s new presidential library, a juxtaposition that many on the right see as emblematic of a Hollywood culture that celebrates progressive icons while normalizing dehumanizing attacks on conservatives. Against the backdrop of repeated attempts on Trump’s life, the willingness of a prominent actor to circulate imagery of the president’s grave raises serious questions about the moral responsibility of public figures in an already volatile political environment.

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