Famed director Pedro Almodóvar says President Trump will "go down in history as a catastrophe," dedicating a film award to the "thousands deported in recent weeks," as well as Harvard University and to a transgender Hollywood star.

"I wish to express my gratitude for this award; however, I admit there have been moments where I have doubted about coming to accept it, in the same way that I would go to... Russia or North Korea," Almodóvar said Monday while being honored with the Lincoln Center's Chaplin Award in New York City.

"I doubted if it was appropriate to come to a country ruled by a narcissistic, authoritarian lunatic who doesn't respect human rights and who it seems nothing can stop in his race to change the fragile world balance," Almodóvar, who was born in Spain, said to applause.

"Trump and his friends — millionaires and oligarchs — cannot convince us that the reality we are seeing with........

© The Hill