However, Eastwood told Ellen DeGeneres in an interview that he preferred the libertarian point of view, Reason reported.
“This is part of the libertarian idea: Leave everybody alone. Leave everybody alone,” he said.
He famously criticized former President Barack Obama in a speech in which he traded dialogue with a chair he pretended Obama was sitting on.
The director also said that given the choice between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in 2016, he would vote for Trump, Reuters reported.
“That’s a tough one, isn’t it? I’d have to go for Trump … you know, ’cause she’s declared that she’s gonna follow in Obama’s footsteps,” he said at the Republican National Convention.
In his interview with The Wall Street Journal, Eastwood defended his stance on the controversy created by his latest film “The Ballad of Richard Jewell” because of its depiction of Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Kathy Scruggs.
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