Sean Penn thinks US president Donald Trump wants to 'destroy the world'

Sean Penn thinks Donald Trump wants to "destroy the world".

The 'Milk' actor - who has been an outspoken critic of the president - has given a warning about the "worst case scenarios" that could happen under the former 'Apprentice' star's current second term as US leader as he discussed Trump's plans to deport American citizens to El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison.

Speaking to Jim Acosta on the journalist's self-titled podcast, he said: "Before [Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele] gets to that point where he's dealing with another leader, we should consider worst-case scenarios.

"I do think it's a reasonable theory that Donald Trump is not unlike the spouse of someone who leaves him, perhaps for another, who then murders their former partner, because if they can't have her, nobody can.

"I think Donald Trump, in his solipsism, may have that relationship with the world, and that this destruction is in part a power play, and also a literal intention of his final out.”

Trump has previously hinted at attempting to defy the constitution and run for a third term as president, and the 67-year-old actor doesn't think the 78-year-old commander-in-chief's plans will have positive consequences.

Asked about the possibility of a third term, he said: "I think he might try to destroy the world before he ages out of life."