Hollywood actor Sean Penn spoke to CNN on Thursday night to share his expertise theories on how the United States military could stop the spread of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, in an interview that sparked anger and mockery online.
The actor and activist told CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta — a real doctor — that the U.S. military should be deployed domestically to take control of the situation. “I wouldn’t blink before I would put the command and control in their hands a month ago, certainly today,” Penn said during the interview. “There is no greater humanitarian force on the planet than the United States military.” Penn spoke from his activist experience in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake that devastated the