Peter Fonda Apologizes for Tweet About Barron Trump

Peter Fonda is apologizing for a tweet about Barron Trump.

The 78-year-old actor tweeted, then deleted, a tweet suggesting that President Donald Trump‘s youngest son should be put “in a cage” according to federal authorities.

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The tweet was issued seemingly out of anger given the ongoing separation of children from parents at the U.S.-Mexico border as part of the administration’s “zero tolerance” policy.

“WE SHOULD RIP BARRON TRUMP FROM HIS MOTHER’S ARMS AND PUT HIM IN A CAGE WITH PEDOPHILES AND SEE IF MOTHER WILL WILL STAND UP AGAINST THE GIANT A–HOLE SHE IS MARRIED TO. 90 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE STREETS ON THE SAME WEEKEND IN THE COUNTRY. F–K,” he reportedly wrote.

He later issued an apology after the Secret Service was reportedly made aware of the tweet.

“I tweeted something highly inappropriate and vulgar about the president and his family in response to the devastating images I was seeing on television. Like many Americans, I am very impassioned and distraught over the situation with children separated from their families at the border, but I went way too far. It was wrong and I should not have done it. I immediately regretted it and sincerely apologize to the family for what I said and any hurt my words have caused.”