Actor Josh Brolin says that when he first met President Trump in 2009 he was a “different guy”, and that “there is no greater genius than (Trump) at marketing”.
Brolin was speaking to The Independent to promote his new film Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery and said that although his priest character was not based on the President, there was a similarity in that once he “gets the feeling of power, there are no limits”.
Brolin said he was “not afraid” of Trump, adding: “Because even if he says he’ll stay forever, it’s not going to happen. And if it does, I’ll deal with that moment. But being Trump’s friend before he was president, I know a different person.”
Brolin met Trump during the production of Oliver Stone’s film Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, in which Brolin played stock trader Bretton James. Trump spent a day on set filming a cameo, which ultimately did not make the final cut.
Saying that Trump now has “power that’s unlimited, it’s unregulated”, Brolin said: “There’s no greater talent than him at marketing – he takes the weakness of the general population and caters to it.
“And that’s why I think a lot of people feel like they have a mascot. I think it’s much less about Trump than the general population and their need for recognition.”
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