VIDEO - Actor Patrick Stewart applying for US citizenship to fight Trump | TheHill

In an interview on "The View," actor Patrick Stewart said he is applying to become a U.S. citizen in order to help fight back against President Trump.

While recounting a recent visit to Washington, D.C., Stewart said he had "the worst night's sleep for years and years and years," joking that Trump might have been to blame.

Had the worst sleep of my life last night. But I was sleeping less than 300 yds from where Donald TrumpDonald TrumpTrump met with Scarborough before speech to CongressTrump lawyers get 2-week extension in travel ban lawsuitTrump told GOP donors to press for 2018 Senate supermajority: reportMORE sleeps. Could there be a connection?

Stewart referenced his tweet to "The View" hosts, calling it “fairly innocent” and saying he “did not directly insult your president."

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When host Joy Behar asked if the English actor would be willing to take Trump off America’s hands, Stewart joked, “We have our own problems."

“I’m not a [U.S.] citizen,” Stewart said. “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.