Mackie was then asked about the current presidential race, and he voiced his support for the current Republican frontrunner, Donald Trump.
Advertisement
Mackie’s statement is purely about which campaign he’d prefer to run, himself having just starred in a film about the management of political campaigns.
During promotion for his upcoming film Our Brand is Crisis, Mackie, most known for his role as the Falcon in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and a member of the new Avengers team, enthusiastically told BET he would “100 % want to run Trump’s campaign”.
The star admits during the interview he’d never survive in the world of politics, but that did not stop him from endorsing a candidate.
“And I think if you’re a “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” candidate, people would identify with that”, he added. “100 percent. I mean, first that’ll be the best party ever when he won, and second, Trump’s an easy sell”, he said.
“I’m on the bandwagon”, he continued. Choosing between Hillary Clinton and Trump, Mackie went for the latter.
Trump’s father, Fred Trump, was a wealthy New York City real estate developer, and Trump worked for his father’s firm while attending the University of Pennsylvania.
Advertisement
I dislike Donald Trump nearly as much as I dislike the people who are trying to stop Donald Trump.
