Art Garfunkel during an interview with CBS in 2025.Simon and Garfunkel singer Art Garfunkel says he is seriously considering leaving the U.S. because of the Trump presidencyThe 84-year-old singer made the remarks during an interview with The Guardian after being asked about climate change and those currently in power.“I don’t like America’s position at all,” Garfunkel said.He then went further, saying he has considered leaving the country altogether.“I’m not aboard, and I’m thinking of leaving the country, frankly,” he said. “It’s real that the planet is getting warmer, that the water’s rising, that so many people are starving.”Garfunkel also attacked Trump over Venezuela, questioning the president’s intervention in the country.“When Donald Trump took over Venezuela, are those the new rules? Just take over a country and run it?” Garfunkel said.“It’s shocking, and you think: how on earth are we gonna change the presidency?”Art Garfunkel says Donald Trump and global warming are making him want to “leave” America https://t.co/sNTFKLZShB— NME (@NME) September 6, 2026He said he takes comfort in the fact that Trump will eventually leave office.“But Trump won’t last forever,” he said. “So we’ve got to hope.”Garfunkel’s comments come eight months after U.S. forces successfully captured Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro and flew him to the U.S. to face federal charges of international drug trafficking.Last month, Trump announced a deal in which the U.S. secured majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves through a partnership with major oil companies.The deal could lead to the U.S. gaining access to 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan crude.US Signs Historic Venezuela Oil Deal Giving America Majority Control of 65 BILLION Barrels — A Crushing Blow to Canadian Energy and PM Carney’s Oil Sands Legacy/*! This file is auto-generated */!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i