In August 2016, Eastwood, who has described himself as a “Libertarian” in the past (here), told Esquire magazine that he would choose Trump over the Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, although he had not endorsed any candidate: “I haven't endorsed anybody. I haven't talked to Trump. I haven't talked to anybody,” he said. (here)
The acclaimed actor and director also told Esquire that Trump was “onto something because secretly everybody’s getting tired of political correctness, kissing up”. He said Trump had “said a lot of dumb things” but people had to “get over it”. (here)
During the 2020 presidential race, Eastwood publicly expressed his support for Democratic contender Michael Bloomberg (here). “The best thing we could do is just get Mike Bloomberg in there,” he told the Wall Street Journal in February (here) and added that he approved of “certain things that Trump’s done” but he did not like him “tweeting and calling people names.”