The “Parent Trap” star argued Tuesday on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” that Trump’s ongoing hush cash trial in New York is irrelevant to his electoral possibilities — and stated he believes the previous president “is working for the American people.”
“I think I’m gonna vote for him in the next election,” Quaid informed Morgan. “Yes, I am.”
“It just makes sense,” he continued. “I was ready not to vote for Trump until what I saw is, more than politics, I see a weaponization of our justice system and a challenge to our Constitution that, us as Americans, I don’t think we’re going to have [in the future].”
When the host argued the looming verdict “doesn’t matter” in Trump’s present legal trial, which considerations the alleged funds made to cowl up an alleged extramarital affair, Quaid agreed.
“It doesn’t,” the 70-year-old actor informed Morgan. “You know, Trump is the most investigated person probably in the history of the world and they haven’t been able to really get him on anything. In fact, what is the crime? I still can’t figure it out.”
“People might call him an asshole, but he’s my asshole,” he stated elsewhere within the interview.
The landmark legal case is considered one of 4 ongoing prosecutions towards Trump, who faces 34 felony counts of falsifying enterprise data. He faces as much as 4 years in jail if discovered responsible.
The jury is set to start deliberations this week.
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Quaid informed Morgan that he genuinely believes Trump to be a “true and sincere” man earlier than arguing that President Joe Biden, who will face off towards Trump in a sequence of debates this summer time, is simply too incompetent for an additional time period — and solely “says things to get votes.”
“In the last campaign and in ’16 and in ’20, I found myself going, ‘Please don’t do that, please don’t say that,’” Quaid stated Tuesday. “You know, these things would come out of his mouth. But as president, the only thing I liked about Trump was everything he did.”
“What he did with [North] Korea, with ‘Rocket Baby’ [Kim Jong Un],” he continued. “The way he defeated ISIS in three weeks. How he stood up for us overseas, when he — China. The way he responded to China. He stands up to people and that’s what makes him a leader.”
In 2023, Trump turned the primary U.S. president to be formally charged with federal crimes when he allegedly conspired to cover categorized paperwork. He additionally faces fees for alleged presidential election interference and efforts to overturn Biden’s 2020 victory.
