United Kingdom, Jan. 9 -- Richard Dreyfuss says the USA "can't afford to have a Donald Trump type person in the presidency" because his time in the White house is having a damaging effect on American society.

The Jaws actor - who played oceanographer Matt Hooper in Steven Spielberg's 1975 shark blockbuster - runs The Dreyfuss Civics Initiative, a non-profit, non-partisan organisation committed to revitalising civics education in America's public schools in order to promote social responsibility.

Dreyfuss, 78, says under Trump's presidency Americans are getting "lazy" and "silly" and the country's citizens need to start living by the core American values of the past.

Appearing on The Daily Jaws podcast, he said: "If you're not taught ho...