“I would be a great president”: Arnold Schwarzenegger praises himself as he considers the possibility of a repeat presidential election between Biden (80) and Trump (77), saying: “I hope America finds really young blood.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger, 76, has suggested he would be a “great” president as he criticized the lack of youth in the US presidential campaign.
The Terminator star-turned-politician was clearly uninspired by today’s political offering, as he expressed regret that his background ruled him out of the race before it even began.
With another election between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, who have a combined age of 157, looking very likely, the actor added: “I just hope America finds some real young blood.”
However, the Austrian-born Hollywood icon admitted that he had no complaints about his disqualification from the position because “everything I achieved was thanks to America.”
“I feel like I would be a great president,” he said BBC News.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, 76, has suggested he would be a “great” president as he criticized the lack of youth in the American presidential campaign
With another election between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, who have a combined age of 157, looking very likely, the actor added: “I just hope America finds some real young blood.”
“But at the same time I feel like everything I’ve accomplished is because of America.”
“America has given me so many opportunities and the American people have been so welcoming and just welcomed me with open arms.”
“There was no one to stop me from being successful. The one thing I can’t do, which is run for president, I’m not going to complain about that.”
The Constitution requires the president to be a natural-born citizen of the United States, although the 76-year-old did not rule out a change.
At the same time, however, he ruled out the possibility that he would embark on a lone Terminator-like mission to change this for his own benefit.
He also questioned why politicians running for the country’s top job were in their 70s and 80s and not 30 to 40 years younger.
However, the odds are that the bodybuilder will be disappointed as both Biden and Trump are strong favorites to lead their respective parties into the next election.
Our 2024 DailyMail.com/JL Partners national poll released last month suggests Trump has overtaken Biden in public opinion – he has a one-point lead after closing the two-point gap from June.
That surge is fueled by independent voters switching sides and gains among graduates, who give Biden the bulk of support.
However, the race remains incredibly close. And the poll of 1,000 likely voters conducted by JL Partners has a margin of error of 3.1 points.
Schwarzenegger has his own political history as governor of California from 2003 to 2011 and has offered advice on how to make the most of your life and find meaning in his new book, “Be Useful: Seven Tools For Life.”
According to a description of the book on Amazon, the book describes “the seven rules you must follow to realize your true purpose in life – distilled by Arnold Schwarzenegger from his own journey of ceaseless reinvention and extraordinary achievements and available to absolutely everyone.”
He said People earlier this month He learned a lot about the craft of acting from his work alongside Oscar winners Sally Field and Jeff Bridges in the 1976 film “Stay Hungry.”
Arnold said that for me “watching them perform was absolute heaven, how smooth they were and how much I had to grow as an actor.”
He added that the key was to “be natural” and “not act out”, saying: “That caused Sally Field to burst into tears, cry and throw fits.” It was really her. ‘
Trump overtook Biden in our DailyMail.com/JL Partners 2024 national poll. He is one point ahead, having made up the two-point deficit from June
Schwarzenegger has his own political history as governor of California from 2003 to 2011
The former bodybuilder has been promoting his new book, Be Useful: Seven Tools For Life
However, Schwarzenegger said he idolized another Oscar winner – Clint Eastwood – “because he was kind of Mr. Cool.”
“His approach of not being loud, that he could listen, I always liked that,” he continued, “because I always thought that there was something to be said if you listened.”
The book description also noted the actor’s “stratospheric success” in several areas: bodybuilding, Hollywood and politics.
“This did not happen by chance,” it said, but “happened as part of a process.”
“As a result of clear vision, big thinking, hard work, direct communication, resilient problem-solving, open-minded curiosity, and a commitment to giving back.” All of it guided by the one lesson Arnold’s father hammered into him above all else: Be useful.
“As Arnold conquered every empire he entered, he kept his father’s saying in his heart.”