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Time to kill Trump, actor Johnny Depp jokes

By Reuters
23 June 2017   |   11:59 am
Hollywood actor Johnny Depp courted controversy at Britain's Glastonbury music festival after making a joke about assassinating U.S. President Donald Trump.

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