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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRobert Redford on Donald Trump
You did All the Presidents Men, the landmark film on Watergate and Nixon. We hear Trump compared to Nixon. How do you see them?I dont know if you can compare them. Theyre so different. Whatever Nixon was, whatever his dark side, he was an accomplished politician. He was a guy whod been through the mix, knew the rules. I think on the other side, theres more ignorance. I just dont think theres enough awareness of whats going on. I cant compare the two.
If you found yourself one-on-one with Trump, what would you want to say to him most urgently?
Quit. For our benefit. Politics right now is in a very dark place, and I think the only place for me is to do what I domake films, create art, watch it as it evolves. Right now its like Humpty Dumpty sitting on a wall, and a great fall is happening. The behavior seems to be really dumb.
Thats another thing thats depressing: certain attitudes in Congress. They assume that youre dumb; they can take advantage of you being dumb. I find that offensive. It insults our intelligence. Theyre playing us for dumb and theyre being dumb in doing it. For me, thats one of the reasons the pendulum is against the wall. But I believe thats gonna change. I think those people, the McConnells, are not helping us at all. Theyre taking us backward in time.
Trump is a businessman, but he is such a creature of the entertainment world. It feels that the entertainment industry is more entwined with politics than ever before.
I just think he is who he is. You cant blame him for being who he is. Hes always been like that. Hes our faultthats how I see it. We let him come to where he is. Im not so interested in blaming him; thats being done enough by others. Im more interested in: How did this happen? Weve lost our moral foundation, which allows us to go this far over. So I dont blame him. I just think he is what he is. Were the ones who let that happen. We should be looking at ourselves.
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Robert Redford on Donald Trump (Original Post)
Beringia
Sep 2017
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roscoeroscoe
(1,370 posts)1. Well said
Don't blame Trump, blame the voters
mnhtnbb
(31,395 posts)2. Redford is right. Trump is who he is: a con man
Always has been and ain't gonna' change.
That brings us to how he was able to con so many people that he got close enough to take the election.
America should be collectively looking in the mirror to find out how and what we've become, because we have lost
our moral foundation--if we ever had one--and it's not a pretty sight.