Dwayne Johnson: Trump proved ‘not everybody should run for president’

Published April 5, 2018 4:01pm ET



Wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who hasn’t closed the door on his own presidential run, argued that President Trump has proved that not everyone should run for the White House, even if they have the means to.

“I think in a lot of people’s minds, what Trump has proved is that anybody can run for president,” Johnson told Rolling Stone magazine in an interview published Wednesday. “And in a lot of people’s minds, what he’s also proved is that not everybody should run for president. What I’m sensing now is that we have to pivot back to people who have a deep-rooted knowledge of American history and politics and experience in policy and how laws get made. I think that pivot has to happen.”

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