James Cameron Blasts Trump’s America as ‘Horrifying’ While Becoming a New Zealand Citizen

Famous director James Cameron is happy to become a New Zealand citizen after Donald Trump was re-elected as U.S. president. He believes America under Trump is “a turn away from everything decent.”

The Titanic and Avatar director, now 70 years old, shared his thoughts on Trump’s second term. “I think it’s horrific, I think it’s horrifying … I see it as a turn away from everything decent. America doesn’t stand for anything if it doesn’t stand for what it has historically stood for. It becomes a hollow idea, and I think they’re hollowing it out as fast as they can for their own benefit.”

Cameron has owned a large dairy farm in South Wairarapa since 2012. He has been planning to move to New Zealand for years, especially since working closely with Wellington’s Weta Digital on the Avatar films.

He admitted that U.S. politics still affects the world, but he is glad to be in New Zealand. “I don’t know if I feel any safer here, but I certainly feel like I don’t have to read about it on the front page every single day. And it’s just sickening,” he said. “There’s something nice about the New Zealand outlets – at least they’ll put it on page three … I just don’t want to see that guy’s face anymore, on the front page of the paper. It’s inescapable there, it’s like watching a car crash over and over and over.”

Cameron said his New Zealand citizenship was happening soon and that it meant a lot to him. “It’s something I’ve worked toward, something I’ve had to sacrifice for. If you’re going to uproot your family and move somewhere, you have to invest, you have to be part of it, you have to earn standing. I just think you’ve got to earn your right to be in a place.”

He also compared New Zealand to his home country, Canada, saying, “I grew up in Canada, and I see a lot of similarities here in the way people behave. I actually like it here a little better. There’s an innate respect and a demand for respect. Everybody has this kind of equal status in terms of personhood. And I love that – that’s what I wanted my kids to experience.”

Now, with his new citizenship, Cameron is ready to fully embrace life in New Zealand.

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