Donald Trump<\/a> who is president now.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Josh Brolin was once friends with Donald Trump<\/p>\n
The 59-year-old actor struck up a friendship with the US leader when the former Apprentice star had a subsequently-cut role alongside him in Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps, and Josh has now reflected on their relationship and dismissed his mooted suggestion of a third term in the White House.<\/p>\n
Josh told The Independent: \u201cI\u2019m not scared of Trump, because even though he says he\u2019s staying for ever, it\u2019s just not going to happen. And if it does, then I\u2019ll deal with that moment. But having been a friend of Trump before he was president, I know a different guy.\u201d<\/p>\n
The No Country for Old Men actor was intrigued by Trump and the idea of building a $400 million hotel “in the middle of a cesspool city during the late Seventies \u2013 that\u2019s interesting to me.”<\/p>\n
He added: “Now it\u2019s power unmitigated, it\u2019s unregulated.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nJosh praised the president for being a marketing “genius” and can understand why he has appealed to so many US citizens.<\/p>\n
\nHe said: “There is no greater genius than him in marketing \u2013 he takes the weakness of the general population and fills it. And that\u2019s why I think a lot of people feel that they have a mascot in him. I think it\u2019s much less about Trump than it is about the general population and their need for validation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nWhile they used to be friends, back in 2020, Josh spoke out against Trump’s campaign to be voted US President for the first time.<\/p>\n
\nHe wrote on Instagram at the time: “I refuse to believe that Donald Trump is our core version of American masculinity.<\/p>\n
\n“The America that was great was never based on creating hate and conspiracy in order to win. There have been a few, but none has lasted. <\/p>\n
\n“Donald Trump has lied over 50,000 documented times, but we still are willing to let it go because he speaks to an American demographic that no longer felt masculine.”<\/p>\n
\nAnd last year, the Dune star recalled a bizarre encounter at Trump’s apartment in New York.<\/p>\n
\nSpeaking on In Depth with Graham Bensinger, he recalled: “I said, ‘What’s upstairs?’ He said, ‘Our bedroom.’<\/p>\n
\n“And I said, ‘Can I see upstairs?’ He said, ‘Yeah.’ And then nobody moved. And I said, ‘Cool. So should we go up?’ And he said, ‘Yeah.’ And then he still didn’t move. And I’m thinking, ‘What the f*** is happening?'”<\/p>\n
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