Dennis Quaid Stumps for Donald Trump, His “Favorite President of the 21st Century”

It's no surprise that this actor Dennis Quaid has spoken out in favor of it “Donald Trump”s ongoing attempt to return to the White House. What is surprising is that the Texan came so close to portray the former president George W Bush on a high-profile television series, has turned his back on the 43rd president and said he prefers Trump to the two-term president from 2001 to 2009.

The announcement came Saturday after Quaid took the stage at Trump's rally in Coachella Valley, California. At the rally, Quaid spoke hesitantly Piers Morgan in May: “I myself believe that I will vote for (Trump) in the next election” and that “I was willing not to vote for Trump … but I have seen our justice system becoming a weapon.”

“Trump is probably the most scrutinized person in the history of the world,” the actor continued. “And they haven’t really been able to get him to do anything.”

A few days later, Quaid's wrong was proven when a jury in Manhattan found Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records; The former president had previously lost a series of civil cases, including one in which a jury found him guilty of sexual abuse and defamation of his accuser. E. Jean Carroll.

When Morgan asked, “Do you have to like Trump to vote for him,” Quaid was more emphatic. “No,” he answered quickly. “In the last campaign, '16 and '20, I said, 'Oh, please don't do that.' Please don't say that.' These things will come out of his mouth.”

“People might call him an asshole,” Quaid said. “But he’s my asshole.”

In recent months, however, it appears that Trump has been promoted from Dennis Quaid's asshole to Dennis Quaid's favorite president since 2000. After taking the stage at the former president's campaign rally on Saturday, Quaid said, that Trump is “my favorite president of the 21st century,” a field that includes: Bill Clintonwho resigned from office in 2001 and whom Quaid portrayed in a film in 2010 The special relationshipabout Tony Blair's connections to Clinton and George W. Bush. (The New York Times Incidentally, Quaid described his performance as “stunning.”)

It also includes Bush, who Quaid was cast as Ryan Murphyhas failed Katrina: American Crime Story (A Quaid-free portion of it was eventually turned into Apple TV series Five days in the memorial) And there is Barack Obamawhom Quaid supported in 2008, Obama called him “the Superman for everyone.”

But Superman apparently ranks lower than an asshole, at least in Quaid's eyes. At Saturday's event, Quaid announced: “You know, I'm an actor and I just came out with this film that was a famous last name: Reagan. My favorite president of the 20th century.”

“We were a nation in decline. That's what they told us. Ronald Reagan came and said: No, we are not a nation in decline. We're going there. And we followed him. The same goes for Trump. With President Trump. My favorite president of the 21st century.”

A strange statement to say the least Trump who has repeatedly announced America's decline, even saying at a rally in August, “I often end by saying, 'We are a nation in decline.'” “We are a failed nation.” And I think it is “Beautiful sentence.” Now the Democratic candidate and current vice president Kamala Harris disputes that characterization, saying instead that the country is “writing the next great chapter of the most extraordinary story ever told.”

In conjunction with the rest of Quaid's speech, one has to wonder whether he understood who he was advocating for. “I’m here today to tell you that it’s time to choose a side,” the actor began. “Will we be a nation that stands for the Constitution or for TikTok?” he asked, an apparent reference to the social media platform that politicians on both sides of the aisle have sought to ban.

This ban that President Joe Biden The signing of the law makes Quaid's assessment of both sides a little more difficult to understand, especially in light of Trump's comments in 2020 calling for a “termination of all rules, regulations and articles, including those contained in the Constitution.” , demanded. Meanwhile, Trump proudly proclaimed “I’m for TikTok” in July as the ban moved forward.

So when Quaid says, “It's time to pick a side,” he really really means the side of the man who thinks a country moving backwards is “beautiful” and that TikTok deserves more public support than that Constitution? Or maybe, like his favorite president of the last century, he is just confused.