Chris Wallace told Trump-supporting actor Dennis Quaid that Ronald Reagan, who Quaid is playing in a new film, would have been disgusted by Donald Trump.
Trump does not have many in Hollywood who are willing to support him, but he does have Dennis Quaid in his corner. The actor stars in a new film about Reagan which also features MAGA luminaries like Jon Voight, Kevin Sorbo and Robert Davi.
Quaid recently appeared on Chris Wallace's show to promote the movie. The actor disagreed when Wallace said there would be no room for Reagan in the current GOP and the host responded:
"Well, let me pick up on that though because Reagan confronted the Russians. He talked, and you in the movie talk, about an evil empire. Trump doesn’t do that. Reagan supported free trade. Trump imposes tariffs. And Reagan’s 11th commandment was thou shall not speak ill of another Republican. I gotta say, I think Reagan would have been appalled by Trump’s behavior."
The actor replied:
"Well, I do think you see a Trump 2.0 here as far as the Republican party and him getting along that this time around. Ronald Reagan was America first I would contend. The circumstances around that, the issues around the election of 1980 are very similar today. You had high inflation, gas prices, what they were, we had hostages in the Middle East. We were told that we were a nation in decline and felt that malaise that Jimmy Carter himself said that and very similar issues to what is going on today."