Clint Eastwood wants to dump Trump.

[yellowcanine]

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/ex-republican-clint-eastwood-makes-call-to-dump-trump-in-wall-street-journal-interview/

Pretty thin gruel from Eastwood, but still somewhat encouraging from the empty chair guy.

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, actor/director Clint Eastwood — who once ran and won as a Republican for mayor of Carmel, California — said it is time for the country to move on from Donald Trump.

Eastwood, who memorably spoke at the 2012 Republican convention made his comments at the end of an interview about his films and the #metoo movement.

Speaking with the Wall Street Journal’s Tunku Varadarajan, t89-year-old Hollywood legend recalled meeting Trump years ago and was asked about the current political climate after three years of Trump at the helm.

“As for the domestic political scene, Mr. Eastwood seems disheartened.,” the WSJ reports.


“The politics has gotten so ornery,” Eastwood reportedly stated before adding he approved of “certain things that Trump’s done” but wishes the president would act “in a more genteel way, without tweeting and calling people names. I would personally like for him to not bring himself to that level.”

The report closes with Eastwood endorsing former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, stating, “The best thing we could do is just get Mike Bloomberg in there."

[exboyfil]

1. BS

He crafted Richard Jewell specifically to give Trump cover from critical reporting.

[Wabbajack_]

29. What does Richard Jewell have to do with Trump?

[exboyfil]

33. Entire tone was questioning

Everything the FBI did including its treatment of Trump. It became a rallying cry for the wackos and some indication that it was Eastwood's intent. Also attempt to slam all that investigative journalists do.

[Thomas Hurt]

38. the christofascist newspeak fake news, attacking the media theme

Jewell could have been made anytime in the last two decades. Instead it was made now, that is not a coincidence.

[Journeyman]

2. You'd think he'd want to support the empty hair . . .

[superpatriotman]

4. You knew he was a Snake

as the story goes.

[trueblue2007]

5. TOO LITTLE ..... TOO LATE

[live love laugh]

16. 💯

[struggle4progress]

6. "I endorsed Trump in 2016, and it's ruining my reputation"

[dewsgirl]

7. When his movie came out last year, the Onion put out an article

about him trying to trade sexual favors for a good movie review...I fell for the whole thing, hook line and sinker. lol.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://entertainment.theonion.com/clint-eastwood-propositions-film-critic-to-obtain-more-1840467030/amp&ved=2ahUKEwiIo6reiObnAhUNS60KHUMACusQFjAAegQICRAC&usg=AOvVaw2pXhEw3AOUOBpG_CYOiwSF&ampcf=1

[stuffmatters]

12. TY,dewsgirl.It's hilarious! Made my day.

[dewsgirl]

19. ...

[exboyfil]

14. Did you see his creepy response

when challenged on the Scruggs' slander. He basically said, since she was known to be a party girl, it is not beyond the realm of possibility that she traded sex for the tip. Truly mind blowing and he was sitting next to the writer Billy Ray (who had a really bad year last year we also Gemini Man and Terminator: Dark Fate).

Given the movie was about slandering Richard Jewell, the irony is just overwhelming. He screwed both Kathy Bates and Paul Hauser out of possible Awards. All he needed to do was leave those two minutes out of the movie.

[dewsgirl]

18. Seriously disappointed to learn what kind of person

he has become, especially in the last few years.

[yaesu]

25. oh, but he has always & I mean always been this way. Eastwood is know for being a, um, for

lack of a better word, prick in real life & he has been throwing parties for republicans since the late 60's.

[exboyfil]

31. Waiting for the Sandra Locke biopic

Should use the same standards as those applied to Scruggs. Eastwood won't look very good.

[dewsgirl]

32. I had a feeling you might say that, I have never been a huge fan,

I loved Trouble with the Curve and Bridges of Madison County. He is kind of one of those big icons that has always been there my whole life. It's a shame, he sounds like a real dick.

[yaesu]

42. Up until the empty chair convention he has pretty much kept his opinions out of public view

and has never been a T-bagger type. He really came unglued when HRC got the nomination & threw a tantrum when a reporter asked him about it but pretty much kept his thoughts to himself. Old school republican that thinks like a republican, the I have mine, to hell with you philosophy.

[mercuryblues]

8. So Eastwood wants to replace one

vulgar, racist, sexist republican with another.

[jcmaine72]

43. That seems to be the size of it. n/t

[Brainfodder]

9. Bad language and behavior got to Clint Eastwood?

An aged generation and that holier than thou shtick old farts get, they should all hate hate hate DJT on just that factor?

Old people getting bent when they are running out of time, feels pretty weird at times, I have old parents, I've noticed....

They need to know things are NOT ALRIGHT, and blowing it off with "WHY PAY ATTN to any of it when you can't do anything about it?" is also not aging well?

[Mossfern]

11. Why the hating on old people

I'm 71

[Brainfodder]

30. 71 is the new 50, you aint old.

When I say old farts I mean 90+.

Or just the nutty ones who make it known.

I fully expect to be nutty if I make it to 90.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

10. Oh, so he likes the cruelty but wishes it was done more politely. Yeah, fuck you. You've

taken your fake tough guy fake Hollywood persona a liiiiitle too seriously. But I guess it's not entirely your fault. It seems like most people in Hollywood seem to think "Dirty Harry Generic Cowboy" is real. Same went for John Wayne.

[Lunabell]

13. In some of my political groups on Facebook,

the deplorables are losing their minds over this. They're calling it fake news!!! Lmao, the Wall Street Journal .

[Roland99]

15. Did not see that one coming

[essme]

17. Holy smokes

He's 89?????

Good goddesses we are all getting old

[edbermac]

20. "Get off our lawn!"

[dewsgirl]

34. lol😂

[YOHABLO]

21. And I no longer will watch a Clint Eastwood film. It's a shame.

He only plays a tough guy on film. He's as fake as most Hollywood actors. Why we pay so much homage to people who for the most part don't know shite about anything.

[sellitman]

22. Let him vote for the empty chair

Fuck him.

[OldManTarHeel]

24. GO TO HELL, Clint . .

[Julian English]

23. What's good about Eastwood doing this is that tRump suffers another humiliation n/t

[catbyte]

26. Not "bring himself to that level" ?!? That thing's natural habitat IS "that level."

Give me a goddamned break.

[Kablooie]

27. Yep. Bloomberg is seen as Trump lite.

I guess because he's a billionaire but with better manners.

[Wounded Bear]

36. Better manners in public, maybe...

Def won't support Bloomy in the primary.

[SWBTATTReg]

28. Good. I don't respect Eastwood as I used to, after I learned of his diehard political feelings. ..

I was turned off. Perhaps this will dig a hole (among the other holes) in rump's head.

Anything that constantly nags rump, is okay with me.

[still_one]

35. With the way California runs its primaries, he can easily change his registration

to no party preference or Democratic, and vote in the Democratic primary

[nini]

37. Take a chair Clint

Glad you woke up but I have a very long memory.

[TexasBushwhacker]

39. I always wonder if he would be such a god to the right

if he was black. He's fathered AT LEAST 8 children with 6 or more mothers and forced Sandra Locke to abort 2 pregnancies.

[spanone]

40. 'Genteel' my ass, Clint.

Fuggoff

[Delmette2.0]

41. Clint who???