President Donald Trump is reflecting on the late Robert Redford’s Hollywood profession after listening to the information of his loss of life.
“Robert Redford was great; he had a series of years where there was nobody better,” Trump advised journalists Tuesday whereas leaving the White Home for his go to to the U.Okay.
After a reporter advised the president that Redford had died in his sleep Tuesday, Trump replied, “That’s a good way to go, I guess.”
Regardless of praising the two-time Oscar winner’s physique of labor, Trump averted naming his favourite Redford movie.
“Well, you have a lot of them … I’d say he made seven or eight great movies, they were really great. There was a period of time when he was the hottest,” he responded. “I thought he was great.”
Trump didn’t deal with Redford’s earlier criticism of him.
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Redford, a staunch supporter of the Democratic Occasion who was identified for being vocal about his views on American politics, publicly denounced Trump on a number of events.
The actor slammed Trump as somebody who “degrades everything he touches” in a 2019 op-ed for The Washington Put up.
“It is painfully clear we have a president who degrades everything he touches, a person who does not understand (or care?) that his duty is to defend our democracy,” the director wrote.
In a separate 2019 NBC Information op-ed, Redford declared that America is dealing with a “dictator-like attack” by Trump.
Redford later argued that the nation has “lost its place as a world leader” throughout Trump’s presidency whereas endorsing Joe Biden for president in a 2020 column for CNN.
Redford, identified for his starring roles in movies reminiscent of “The Candidate” and “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” died in his Utah residence on Tuesday. He was 89.
“Robert Redford passed away on September 16, 2025, at his home at Sundance in the mountains of Utah ― the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved,” Cindi Berger, chief government of the general public relations agency Rogers & Cowan PMK, advised HuffPost. “He will be missed greatly. The family requests privacy.”
