'West Wing' star blasts Trump with profanity after White House co-opts show clip (opens in new tab)

On Wednesday, after launching a new round of strikes against Iran in retaliation for shooting down an Apache helicopter, Trump shared a clip from the series in which its fictional President Bartlet, played by Martin Sheen, rejects the concept of a “proportional response” militarily. This was followed by a response from one of the show’s leading actors. “Keep my show’s name out of your f—— mouth,” posted Bradley Whitford, who in the series played White House Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman. T...