One of Trump’s most famous Hollywood friends, Jon Voight, has declared former President Donald Trump one of the greatest presidents in American history.
In a piece with Variety, Voight discussed several topics with Stephen Rodrick, including his strained relationship with A-list actress and daughter Angelina Jolie.
“She has been exposed to propaganda,” Voight said of Jolie’s pro-Palestinian activism.
“She’s been influenced by anti-Semitic people.”
Voight recollects the first meeting with Trump.
“It was at a party in New York in the 1990s,” Voight told Rodrick.
“[Trump] came all the way across the room to tell me how much he loved one of my films.”
“I was so impressed.”
Now, Voight compares Trump to one of the greatest presidents in U.S. history.
“I ask him if he seriously thinks Trump is the equal of Abraham Lincoln in the pantheon of American presidents, as he has repeatedly stated,” Rodrick wrote.
“Absolutely,” the Hollywood actor responded.
“Who else has faced greater challenges and enemies since Lincoln?”
Voight noted that the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal that Trump awarded him weren’t factors in him one of the greatest presidents ever.
“I don’t care about all that stuff,” Voight said.
“I only have a few years left, and I want to spend them trying to save our American way of life.”
Voight added, “It’s slipping away forever.”
When Rodrick asked Voight about the assassination attempt of Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, the actor expressed even more love for the former president.
However, when Rodrick suggested that both sides of the political aisle turn down the temperature on rhetoric to avoid a potential catastrophe, Voight pushed back.
“Well, that’s your opinion,” Voight told Rodrick.
“I’m very careful about what I say. But when I see the attacks on this man, I know they’re coming from a hateful, evil place.”
“I’ve been the most outspoken supporter of Donald Trump in Hollywood,” Voight told Rodrick “with pride.”
The actor continued:
“I’ve been saying he’s the answer, the only answer. Now, after this, maybe they will look at Jon Voight in a different way.
“If Donald Trump is being revealed in this way, maybe they will see a supporter like me in a different light.”
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