Actor Billy Baldwin says Donald Trump is a “buffoon,” but he’s making the race to the White House a close one by tapping into a surging anti-establishment mindset.
“There is a silver lining to this, there is a Brexit component to this,” said Baldwin on CTV’s Your Morning, referring to Britain’s hotly-contested referendum in June, that saw 52 per cent vote in favour of leaving the European Union.
“People aren’t just following him because they are lacking in intelligence or they’re crazy. People are supporting him because the system hasn’t worked for a long, long time. Special interests and corporations run the show and they’re tired of it. And they’re perfectly willing to vote Brexit and blow up the Republican party and blow up this election in order to dynamite the establishment.”
Plus, many Americans base their vote on who would be fun to drink beer with, said Baldwin, before quipping: “That’s how we got George Bush.”
The Baldwin brothers’ opposing views on the election have made for fascinating Twitter fodder.
Alec Baldwin’s impersonation of Trump in a series of Saturday Night Live segments has landed him in hot water with the candidate, while receiving widespread praise as hilariously spot-on.
The youngest in the clan, Stephen Baldwin, meanwhile, refers to Trump as “Mr. President” on Twitter.
Baldwin made an appearance on CTV’s Your Morning accompanied by his wife and singer Chynna Phillips to promote their charitable work. The couple will take part in this weekend’s Rally for Kids with Cancer, a scavenger hunt in luxury vehicles pairing celebrity navigators with fundraisers to raise money for Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children.
