Hollywood star Zachary Levi sat down with Daily Wire podcast host Matt Walsh this week and discussed coming out in support of President Donald Trump as well as the current state of Hollywood.
Speaking on “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mws-ep-1537">The Matt Walsh Show</a>” podcast in an episode that aired Friday, the 44-year-old actor said he knew he wanted to be an actor from a very young age because he wanted to make “people feel good.” And as he got older that same platform led him to feeling the need to “come out of the political closet” to support Trump in the election, despite the fear of being canceled.
“I think, overwhelmingly, it was more positive,” Levi said. “This isn&#8217;t just red versus blue because the reality is there&#8217;s people on the red and blue that actually are decent human beings that actually do want a better world. And there&#8217;s people on the red and blue who are not decent people, who are absolute swamp monsters. And so because of that, I haven&#8217;t really found any presidential candidate to be all that inspiring in all of my adult life. 
&#8220;I was intrigued by Trump in that he wasn&#8217;t a career politician, but I had enough of him and his brashness and kind of bullishness and the things that most people take umbrage with,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;But it certainly wasn’t Hillary [Clinton], [Joe] Biden, or Kamala [Harris].”
Levi admitted that if the Democratic Party had let Robert F. Kennedy Jr. run, he would’ve voted for a Democrat, but when he was kept off the ticket, Levi turned his support to Trump, whom Kennedy backed.
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“And then Trump is nearly killed — and there, I think, all of us &#8230; in every party, on every level, every end of the spectrum, that was a massive, massive moment for Trump, particularly within that massive moment. I, and many others like me, saw this incredible God-inspired shift,” the actor said. “I think that was a miracle that Donald Trump lived.”
“But it brought a humility to Donald Trump that I don&#8217;t think existed in him before, at least not on that level,” he added. “And that&#8217;s something I need in a leader. &#8230; Because the alternative to me was not an option in the way that I know a lot of people on the other side felt the same way about Donald Trump.”
Levi said that’s why it didn’t matter what happened to his career, because “if I save my career, but Kamala gets into office and we continue down this death spiral to the bottom that I fully believe that we were on &#8230; I was like, I can&#8217;t. God did not build me to do that. God built me to fight.”
The “Chuck” star told Walsh he, thus far, has not been canceled, “try as some might.”
“So my team is all with me. I still have very good relationships with lots of people in the industry. I&#8217;ve lost some friends,&#8221; Levi said. “There are people that all of a sudden stop following me on social media and don&#8217;t return my calls and stuff, and it&#8217;s a bummer, but I still love them.”
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“I still have plenty of other jobs in film and television and some podcast stuff that&#8217;s coming up and building the studio, and I got my baby on the way,” he added. “And I&#8217;m busy and blessed and grateful, not just that I followed the conviction that God put on my heart, but that it wasn&#8217;t ultimately in vain. And we actually did it.”
The conversation then turned to original storytelling in Hollywood, and Walsh asked Levi if it was dead with all the sequels and remakes or if it still had a chance.
“Man, I hope so,” Levi said. “I mean, if I have anything to do with that, absolutely. It&#8217;s one of the reasons why I felt very strongly 25 years ago when I started working in the industry, and I just saw how broken it all was. Even then there was the beginnings of this trend of let&#8217;s just go reboot this long, old series into a movie.”
The “Shazam!” star said he thinks Hollywood executives are pressured not only by whether the movie will make a lot of money, but also by what he called an “insane” sociopolitical agenda.
“I think a lot of people want to say that Hollywood is the one pushing a lot of the agenda that they don&#8217;t like, whatever that agenda is,” Levi said. “Certainly Hollywood is massively complicit in it, but I don&#8217;t know that these agendas even necessarily start in Hollywood.”
“Some of them might, but some of them are thinking, ‘What&#8217;s the hip, cool thing to do? What are we going to do so that people like us and we don&#8217;t get canceled?’” he added. “So I think because of that, you&#8217;re drawing in an executive class that&#8217;s going to serve those two masters. It&#8217;s money and agenda appearance, whatever that is.”
Levi also reflected on all the great things coming in his life, including his new film “The Unbreakable Boy,” which he said tackles autism “authentically and beautifully.”
&#8220;&#8216;The Unbreakable Boy&#8217; comes out February 21st,” Levi said about the true story. “Man, I&#8217;m proud of everything I&#8217;ve done on some level, very grateful for everything I&#8217;ve gotten to do. But I&#8217;m particularly proud of this film. It is a very grounded slice-of-life film. No superheroes, no big bang and anything like that.”
On Friday, <a href="https://x.com/PatriciaHeaton/status/1890476161521840403">Patricia Heaton</a> dropped some surprising news that she will also be appearing in Levi’s upcoming movie. 
“Hey Valentine&#8217;s Day friends! A little announcement…” Heaton captioned her video post on <a href="https://x.com/PatriciaHeaton/status/1890476161521840403">X</a> about her involvement in the project.
Walsh and Levi also talked about the introduction of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into Hollywood, the studio the actor’s building in Texas, and more. The entire interview can be viewed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mws-ep-1537">here</a>.

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Zachary Levi Talks To Matt Walsh About His Support For Trump And The State Of Hollywood

Zachary Levi Talks To Matt Walsh About His Support For Trump And State Of Hollywood

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The temperature in Washington, D.C., this week was frigid, but the mood was downright sizzling. One of the hottest places to celebrate the inauguration of Donald J. Trump as the 47th president of the United States of America was at The Mayflower Cigars Inauguration Party.
Picture it: a dark paneled room adorned with American flags. The air is thick with heady, aromatic scents of Mayflower Cigars. People are dressed in black tie formal wear, but the tuxes and gowns pale in comparison to the smiles of the attendees celebrating the biggest political comeback in American history. With a celebratory mood and a high-quality cigar, it’s hard to imagine life getting better than this.
And truly this party was a who’s who in the conservative movement. Daily Wire co-founder Jeremy Boreing was there, and so was Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro. Of course, the one and only Michael Knowles was spotted enjoying a Mayflower cigar alongside fellow host and documentary filmmaker Matt Walsh and fellow host Andrew Klavan.
But this party was bigger than The Daily Wire crew. Texas Senator Ted Cruz (R) was also in a celebratory mood at the Mayflower Cigars party. Chloe Cole, a detransitioner and fierce advocate for protecting children from irreversible “trans-affirming care,” was there, too. So was Clay Travis, founder and president of Outkick, and podcaster Tim Pool. 
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Canadian rap artist Tom MacDonald, who was also celebrating <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/roseanne-barr-and-tom-macdonalds-trump-rap-daddys-home-hits-number-1-ahead-of-inauguration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">his rap single “Daddy’s Home”</a> with Roseanne Barr hitting number one on the charts, made an appearance at the party. Actor and conservative personality Siaka Massaquoi, fondly known to Daily Wire fans as “Black Jeremy” thanks to his breakout performance in the Jeremy’s Razors commercials, was there too, enjoying the best of what Mayflower had to offer. Douglas Murray flew in from across the pond to attend the inauguration. Even Shazam’s Zachary Levi was there!
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PHOTOS: Celebrities, Cigars, And Celebration At The Mayflower Inauguration Party

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Hollywood star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/zachary-levi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zachary Levi</a> said Democratic politicians in California need to be held criminally responsible for the wildfires still burning in Los Angeles county as of Thursday.
During the 44-year-old actor’s appearance on <a href="https://x.com/robbystarbuck/status/1877187129286983709">Fox News</a>, Levi didn’t hold back and said the destruction caused by the Palisades, Eaton, and Hurst fires is due to “incredible mismanagement” and “incredibly poor leadership.” As of Thursday, the three fires remain zero percent contained and have forced the evacuations of tens of thousands of people in the Southern California area, with many losing their homes.
“I would go so far as to say that it’s criminally negligent because Gavin Newsom has been the governor either for five years or Lt. Governor prior to that for eight, nine years,” Levi explained. “Some of the worst fires we have ever had under that watch.”
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Actor <a href="https://twitter.com/ZacharyLevi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ZacharyLevi</a> lays out a compelling case for holding Democrat politicians accountable for criminal negligence with these fires.
He also sounds like a man who should run for office because he’d be 1000x better than what they have now in California. <a href="https://t.co/v6RAGOPHT6">pic.twitter.com/v6RAGOPHT6</a>
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“He clearly knows that the biggest problem that we suffer in California are these fires. Oh, and by the way, the mudslides that follow,” he added. “And for them to do not just nothing, but essentially worse than nothing, when firefighter budgets are being cut, when they are specifically, essentially work that could be done to avoid these problems or to be able to serve them effectively when they are happening.”
“At some point, it goes just beyond whoopsie, at some point it goes beyond negligence, there is something that’s almost criminally intentional about this,” the “Shazam!” star continued.
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Levi said this is just “not good leadership,” and the politicians “must be held responsible.”
The actor wasn’t the only star who has blasted the Democratic leadership in the state and city for the disaster.
Actress Sarah Foster took to <a href="https://x.com/saramfoster/status/1877161637926641687">X</a> and pointed out that leftist policies have utterly ruined the state of California as she called on Newsom and others to resign immediately.
“We pay the highest taxes in California. Our fire hydrants were empty,” Foster wrote to her followers. “Our vegetation was overgrown, brush not cleared.”
“Our reservoirs were emptied by our governor because tribal leaders wanted to save fish,” she added. “Our fire department budget was cut by our mayor. But thank god drug addicts are getting their drug kits. @MayorOfLA @GavinNewsom RESIGN. Your far left policies have ruined our state. And also our party.”
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Zachary Levi Says Democrats Need To be Held Criminally Responsible For Fires

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Our list of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">celebrities</a> are a mixture of movie and TV stars who refused to remain quiet about showing their support for President-elect Donald Trump ahead of the election.
<h3>Zachary Levi</h3>
In September, “Shazam!” star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/zachary-levi">Zachary Levi</a> became one of the rare voices in Hollywood to endorse Trump, saying he believed the former president would “take back this country” and “make it great again,” as The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/actor-zachary-levi-endorses-trump-we-are-going-to-take-back-this-country">reported</a>.
Levi, who first supported Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for president, ended up throwing all his support behind Trump when RFK dropped out of the race and backed the former president.
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Speaking on “The Megyn Kelly Show,” the actor <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P3jUcy3pjI&amp;t=15s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> while he hadn’t voted for Trump in the last two elections, he did think the then-former president did a “good job” — despite what Trump’s opponents said.
“For four years, the world didn’t blow up,” Levi said. “He didn’t turn into the Nazi fascist that everybody [said] he was going to be the first time around. We entered no more wars. Our economy was better. Our border was better.”
“Even if I don’t like all of his Trumpiness,” Levi said, that doesn’t change the fact that Vice President Kamala Harris “is not qualified in any way, shape, or form to be the Commander-in-Chief, the leader of the free world. Absolutely not.”
<h3>Dennis Quaid</h3>
“<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dennis-quaid">Reagan</a>” star Dennis Quaid definitely made headlines when he appeared alongside President-elect Trump on the campaign trail in October in California, ahead of the election.
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The 70-year-old actor took the stage and told the massive crowd of Trump supporters at Coachella he was voting for the former president, after previously telling <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPxS-l0F5sg&amp;t=2068s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Piers Morgan</a> that he “was ready not to vote for Trump … but I saw a weaponization of our justice system.”
“You know, I’m an actor and I just had this movie come out that’s, it was a famous last name: Reagan. My favorite president of the 20th century,” Quaid said at the rally, per <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/dennis-quaid-donald-trump-rally-coachella?srsltid=AfmBOorcKEX6Zpz6iXF6INymny8Rwsshphz6lTf3YOzuYonGW6SO5rg_" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vanity Fair</a>.
“We were a nation in decline,” he added. “That’s what they told us. Ronald Reagan came along and said, no, we’re not a nation in decline. We’re going there. And we followed him. The same with Trump. With President Trump. My favorite president of the 21st century.”
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Quaid previously joined Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro on his “Sunday Special” series to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dennis-quaid-joins-ben-shapiro-on-sunday-special-reveals-what-led-him-to-accept-role-portraying-president-reagan-in-new-film" target="_blank" rel="noopener">discuss</a> what led him to take on the role, saying “Reagan was my favorite president.”
“I voted for Jimmy Carter in ’76. It was the first time I could vote, but then I voted for Reagan in ’80,” he added.
<h3>Drea de Matteo</h3>
“Sopranos” actress Drea de Matteo — who admitted she once suffered from “Trump derangement syndrome&#8221; — became an outspoken Trump supporter, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sopranos-star-slams-liberals-celebrating-trump-assassination-attempt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously</a> reported.
“Say what you want about Trump, and I understand that a lot of people have Trump Derangement Syndrome,” the HBO star said. “I was one of them. But people can change. And it’s not that Trump changed, I changed. And I did my research, and I paid more attention to what was going on.”
In July, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/im-mortified-by-my-people-sopranos-star-slams-fellow-italians-dr-fauci-robert-de-niro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">52-year-old actress</a> blasted liberals who celebrated the attempted assassination of Trump at his rally in Pennsylvania on July 13.
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<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/sopranos-star-drea-de-matteo-reacts-hollywood-stars-mocking-trump-shooting-not-one-undertone-peace" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Speaking to Fox News</a>, the actress and self-declared liberal admitted the hate and vitriol coming from the Left against Trump had surprised her, noting that she thought the party was all about “inclusivity” and “compassion.”
“Everybody has their right to their opinion, and they have freedom of speech, so here we are,” Matteo said. “But, again, I’m a liberal. I am a liberal who does not understand how the Left has become so rebellious, with not one undertone of peace, love, harmony, and compassion.”
“You’re supposed to be the party of inclusivity, of love, of peace,” she added. “And all of a sudden, these are the rioters. These are the mean-spirited folks out there. And I don’t understand that.”
<h3>Justine Bateman</h3>
Hollywood star and filmmaker Justine Bateman got everyone’s attention when she decided to deliver a brutal film critic’s take on the numerous meltdown videos all over social media after President-elect Trump’s victory.
In one <a href="https://x.com/JustineBateman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post after another</a> on X, the 58-year-old actress broke down the videos of Harris supporters melting down after Trump’s stunning victory, having some fun with them as she pointed out things like lighting and camera angles, even noting that using one’s car for their freakout video location has been “overused.”
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Later in an interview with Fox News in November, the 58-year-old actress said during her appearance on “<a href="https://x.com/JesseBWatters/status/1857246154766876883">Jesse Watters Primetime</a>” that the election marked the end of the woke era, something she was definitely celebrating.
“The political correctness, the woke era is over because you need mob mentality momentum in order to keep that going,” Bateman told the host. “In order to threaten people if they are not thinking and talking the way you do.”
“To threaten their lives, threaten their careers, threaten their place in society,” she added. “You need that momentum in order to do that, and when Trump won [the] presidency again, that cut that momentum off. So, this whole woke era is over.”
Later, she talked about the “spiritual shift” she’s felt in the culture, saying there’s been a “stagnation” and that things “haven’t been moving forward” for the last four years or more.
“It started a little bit when Elon Musk bought Twitter and turned it into X,” Bateman said. “And it really changed when Donald Trump won his presidency. I can feel it. For the last four years … there’s been kind of a pressing down, limiting what people can say, and what happens, too, is you limit what can even occur in society.”

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“Shazam!” star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/zachary-levi">Zachary Levi</a> torched an entertainment outlet that attacked him for his support of President-elect Donald Trump following Vice President Kamala Harris’ defeat in the election.
In a lengthy <a href="https://x.com/ZacharyLevi/status/1854135775102693855" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X post</a> on Wednesday, the 44-year-old actor hit back against the Hollywood entertainment outlet Showbiz 411 &#8212; run by Roger Friedman &#8212; after it said the “only consolation” in Trump’s victory is that Levi “will never be part of mainstream Hollywood after this. You can make movies with Mel Gibson and Dennis Quaid.”
“Oh, it’s all gravy, Roger!” the actor replied. “My goal has always been to leave it at some point anyway, and build a better system that actually values and compensates the artists more than enriching far too many executives that, by and large, compromise the creative integrity of the art whilst taking the lion share of the proceeds, which they don’t deserve.”
“In addition, I plan on creating a studio that protects and promotes certified organic, human-made content, while mainstream Hollywood continues to replace all of its workforce with AI, simply to maximize their dwindling profits,” he added. “Enjoy reporting on the sidelines of the Hollywood apocalypse!”
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Oh, it’s all gravy, Roger! My goal has always been to leave it at some point anyway, and build a better system that actually values and compensates the artists more than enriching far too many executives that, by and large, compromise the creative integrity of the art whilst… <a href="https://t.co/T7Y74RccTJ">https://t.co/T7Y74RccTJ</a>
— Zachary Levi (@ZacharyLevi) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZacharyLevi/status/1854135775102693855?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
Speaking on “The Megyn Kelly Show,” the actor <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P3jUcy3pjI&amp;t=15s">said</a> he hadn’t voted for Trump in the last two elections, but noted that the former president did a “good job” — despite what Trump’s opponents said.
“For four years, the world didn’t blow up,” Levi said. “He didn’t turn into the Nazi fascist that everybody [said] he was going to be the first time around. We entered no more wars. Our economy was better. Our border was better.”
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“Even if I don’t like all of his Trumpiness,” Levi said, that doesn’t change the fact that Vice President Kamala Harris “is not qualified in any way shape or form to be the Commander in Chief, the leader of the free world. Absolutely not.”
Levi said he wasn’t just voting for Trump — rather, he was “voting for Donald Trump, Bobby Kennedy, Tulsi Gabbard, Vivek Ramaswamy, Elon Musk, JD Vance, and everyone else that they’re going to bring in this team, this Avengers.”
“They’re going to get in there and actually do what Donald Trump said he was going to do the first time, which was drain the swamp,&#8221; he added.
Levi made headlines in September when he became one of the rare voices in Hollywood to endorse Trump, saying he believed the former president would “take back this country” and “make it great again,” as The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/actor-zachary-levi-endorses-trump-we-are-going-to-take-back-this-country">reported</a>.
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“Shazam!” star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/actor-zachary-levi-endorses-trump-we-are-going-to-take-back-this-country" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zachary Levi</a> spoke out about why he’s supporting former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> and the team he referred to as Trump&#8217;s  “Avengers.&#8221;
Speaking on “The Megyn Kelly Show,&#8221; the 44-year-old actor <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P3jUcy3pjI&amp;t=15s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he hadn&#8217;t voted for Trump in the last two elections, but noted that the former president did a “good job” — despite what Trump&#8217;s opponents said.
“For four years, the world didn’t blow up,” Levi said. “He didn’t turn into the Nazi, fascist that everybody [said] he was going to be the first time around. We entered no more wars. Our economy was better. Our border was better.”
“Even if I don’t like all of his Trumpiness,&#8221; Levi said, that doesn&#8217;t change the fact that Vice President Kamala Harris &#8220;is not qualified in any way shape or form to be the Commander in Chief, the leader of the free world. Absolutely not.”
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Zachary Levi urges Trump voters in Hollywood to speak out and not fear backlash because the industry &#8220;is not going to exist very soon.&#8221;
“They’ve sent me lots of messages, plenty of people in Hollywood, who are terrified to publicly say they would vote for Donald Trump or be… <a href="https://t.co/Wiic2ba8oO">pic.twitter.com/Wiic2ba8oO</a>
— Variety (@Variety) <a href="https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1849905288700125656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 25, 2024</a></blockquote>
“I think, even if she’s not aware of it, that she would be a puppet of a much more nefarious system that I believe … that really wants us to stay in all these endless wars, keep all of us endlessly sick,” Levi continued. “So, that’s it to me.”
Kelly said there were likely others who have mixed feelings about Trump, but who might be swayed by the team Trump has assembled around him — people like X-owner Elon Musk, former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, and former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Levi agreed, and said that he did not see it as just voting for Donald Trump — rather, he was “voting for Donald Trump, Bobby Kennedy, Tulsi Gabbard, Vivek Ramaswamy, Elon Musk, JD Vance, and everyone else that they&#8217;re going to bring in this team, this Avengers,&#8221; Levi said. &#8220;They&#8217;re going to get in there and actually do what Donald Trump said he was going to do the first time, which was drain the swamp.&#8221;
“And now Trump is privately funding his own transition team, not waiting for the government, so they are ready to go, and they are not compromised,” he added. “That is the government that I want … Bobby and Tulsi are going to be let loose, to be the bulldogs that we need to hold people to account, and by the way, unable to do it fairly. They will do it civilly. They will do it in love.”
Levi made headlines last month when he became one of the rare voices in Hollywood to endorse Trump, saying he believed the former president would &#8220;take back this country&#8221; and “make it great again,&#8221; as The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/actor-zachary-levi-endorses-trump-we-are-going-to-take-back-this-country">reported</a>.
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Actor Zachary Levi Explains Why He’s Supporting Trump And His ‘Avengers’

Actor Zachary Levi Explains Why He's Supporting Trump And His 'Avengers'

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