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Sir Patrick Stewart has announced he's applying for U.S. citizenship to step up the fight against President Donald Trump.

The X-Menstar recently tweeted during a trip to Washington D.C. that he had "the worst night's sleep for years and years and years", joking that Trump was responsible for that.

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Stewart, who is a British citizen, defended his tweet in an interview on The View, calling it "fairly innocent" and adding he "did not directly insult your president".

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To which Whoopi Goldberg said in response: "Not mine".

Then host Joy Behar asked if Stewart would be willing to take Trump off American's hands:

"We have our own problems -- we have Brexit."

"I'm not a [U.S.] citizen," he responded. " “However, there is, maybe it’s the only good thing, as the result of this election: I am now applying for citizenship. Because I want to be an American too."

“All of my friends in Washington said, ‘There is one thing you can do. Fight, fight, oppose, oppose,’” Stewart said.

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