Famous Actor Enrages Hollywood, Says Trump Is ‘Absolutely’ As Good Of A President As Lincoln

Hollywood is split over the race for president, especially ever since George Clooney’s jaw-dropping op-ed demanding President Joe Biden drop out only weeks after Clooney and others hosted a star-studded fundraiser for his campaign. Now, one of the town’s most contrarian actors is speaking out to defend former President Donald Trump as he kicks off his second week against Vice President Kamala Harris.

Jon Voight, the four-time Oscar winner and staple of old Hollywood, urged his fellow thespians to rally behind Trump during an interview with Variety. The Western Journal reported that Voight, 85, also bemoaned the influence that far-left voices have had on his daughter Angelina Jolie, who has been outspoken against Israel in its war against Hamas. “She has been exposed to propaganda,” he said of his daughter’s activism. “She’s been influenced by anti-Semitic people.”

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But it was his warm words about Trump that had reporter Stephen Rodrick describing Voight as “Hollywood’s most outspoken Trump supporter” and one who isn’t afraid to compare the former president’s four-year term to the Civil War-era presidency of Abraham Lincoln. “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,” Voight responded. “Who else has faced greater challenges and enemies since Lincoln?”

The Yonkers, NY native also described his first time meeting Trump, then widely known in the city for his celebrity businessman persona. “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.” He added that his support wasn’t contingent on receiving the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal, which President Trump bestowed on him in 2020. “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,” which he claimed is “slipping away forever.”

Asked whether President Trump’s rhetoric contributed to a climate which cultivated the assassination attempt against him on July 13th, Voight reminder the reporter that such hate can’t be attributed to remarks by a single individual. “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, with pride,” he 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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