'Hollywood's Strongest Trump Supporter': Trump Is 'Absolutely' As Good a President as Lincoln Was

Former President Donald Trump is, without a doubt, a beloved figure among many Americans, from blue-collar workers to Hollywood elites.

But was Trump one of the greatest presidents in American history?

One of Trump’s most famous friends “absolutely” thinks so.

In a wide-ranging article published in Variety, legendary actor Jon Voight discussed a number of heavy topics with the magazine’s Stephen Rodrick, including his strained relationship with A-list actress and her daughter Angelina Jolie.

(“She was exposed to propaganda,” Voight said of Jolie’s pro-Palestinian activism. “She was influenced by people who were anti-Semitic.”)

Rodrick, who calls Voight “Hollywood’s most outspoken Trump supporter,” noted how Voight remembers the first meeting between the two.

“It was at a party in New York in the 1990s,” Voight told Rodrick. “(Trump) came across the room to tell me how much he loved one of my movies.

“I was so impressed.”

Voight was so impressed that all these years later, the longtime Hollywood actor felt perfectly comfortable comparing Trump to one of the greatest presidents in American history.

“I ask him if he seriously believes that Trump is the equal of Abraham Lincoln in the pantheon of American presidents, as he has repeatedly stated,” Rodrick wrote.

“Absolutely,” Voight replied.

“Who else has faced greater challenges and greater enemies since Lincoln?”

(Rodrick, whose tone seems anti-Trump throughout the article, argued that FDR faced greater challenges than Trump.)

Voight was quick to point out, however, that the National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal Trump awarded him were not a factor in his calling Trump one of the greatest presidents of all time.

“I don’t care about any of that,” Voight said. “I only have a few years left and I want to spend them trying to save our American way of life.”

Voight, after an “acting hiatus,” added, “That’s going away forever.”

When Rodrick reconnected with Voight after the July 13 assassination attempt on Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, the longtime actor was even more optimistic about Trump.

Voight fired back when Rodrick suggested that both sides of the political spectrum lower the temperature of rhetoric to avoid potential catastrophe.

“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 come from a place of hate and evil.”

“I was the most vocal Donald Trump supporter in Hollywood,” Voight told Rodrick “proudly.”

The actor continued: “I always said he was the answer, the only answer. Now, after this, maybe they’ll look at Jon Voight in a different way.

“If Donald Trump is exposed this way, maybe they will see a supporter like me in a different light.”

Rodrick, apparently exasperated, concluded his lengthy post with: “I wish him good night. There is nothing more to say.”

This article was originally published in The Western Journal.