Movie icon and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger believes he would be an extraordinary leader of the free world if immigration laws didn’t stand in his way.
“I think I would be a great president,” the “Terminator” star, 76, confidently told the BBC in an interview published Wednesday.
“But I think, at the same time, everything I’ve achieved is because of America. America gave me so many opportunities and the American people were so embracing, and they just accepted me with open arms. There is no one there to stop me from my success.”
Schwarzenegger then referred to the fact that the US Constitution requires the president to be a natural-born citizen.
“So, the only thing I can’t do, which is run for the presidency, I won’t complain about that,” he said.
Schwarzenegger — who served as governor of California from 2003 to 2011 — immigrated to the US at the age of 19 from Thal, Austria to pursue his dream of becoming a world-famous bodybuilder.
Although he seems content with strict laws, Schwarzenegger admitted he wouldn’t mind amending the immigration ruling to allow it to slip into a future presidential race.
Arnold Schwarzenegger says he would have been a “great president” if US immigration laws had not prevented him from running.BBC
“I mean OK there is a constitution. We need some immigration reform, absolutely, to change that. But it would be a little selfish if I went out and tried to change the law,” the Republican said.
While the “Commando” star has been candid about the effect his advancing age has had on his self-esteem, he doesn’t seem discouraged that it will affect his dream of becoming the US president.
He, however, pointed to age as a bad trait in 2024 presidential candidate Biden, 80, and former President Trump, 77.
Schwarzenegger served as governor of California from 2003 to 2011.Getty Images
The ages of the two party leaders remained a hot topic throughout the campaign — with opponents relentlessly theorizing that both Biden and Trump would be too frail to handle the job.
Schwarzenegger suggested that it might be time for his friends to step down from their political ranks to make room for the younger generation.
“I just hope that America finds some really young blood,” he said.
“Because to me, it’s kind of odd that we have a battle today between people in their late seventies and early eighties versus people in their forties and fifties or maybe even younger and giving them a chance at this great thing, it’s great.”
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