Mickey Rourke Trends After Appearing on Newsmax, Fox News to Talk Russia-Ukraine War (Video)

“The only thing that is going to stop this madness, when it’s the right time, it will be stopped from above, not from down here,” actor said on cable news

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Actor Mickey Rourke began trending on Twitter Saturday when, in a pair of interviews for both Newsmax and Fox News Digital, he was an unusual choice to weigh in on the fraught situation in Ukraine.

Rourke on Friday appeared on Newsmax to speak with “America Right Now” host Tom Basile, and he explained why he thinks faith in a higher power will be the only thing that will end Russia’s aggression of Ukraine.

“I don’t really believe this thing can be settled diplomatically myself. Putin is very — he wants what he wants. Ukraine is fighting harder than anyone expected them to fight,” Rourke said.

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