Overview
- In a new interview with The Independent, Brolin reflects on knowing Trump before the presidency and says he "knows a different guy."
- He credits Trump with unmatched marketing instincts, saying he "takes the weakness of the general population and fills it," which he believes helps supporters see him as a mascot.
- Brolin says he is not afraid of Trump and views talk of staying in power indefinitely as unlikely, adding he would face that scenario if it ever occurred.
- He questions what he calls Trump’s unregulated power and suggests there was likely corruption tied to a late-1970s $400 million hotel project.
- He traces their friendship to the 2010 film Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, from which Trump was cut, and notes he publicly rejected Trump’s 2020 bid in an Instagram post.