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During his appearance on Max and CNN’s ”Who’s Talking?” interview series, Schwarzenegger was asked whether he would throw his name into the race for US president if he were eligible.
”Well, yes, of course. I mean, I think the field was wide open in 2016. And I think the field is open right now. I mean, think about it. Who is there? There really isn’t a person who can bring everyone together.
”Who is here today that people say, ‘Okay, he’s not too old or he’s not too this or too that,’ or is that because it’s now a question about who you vote against rather than who you vote for?” the 75-year-old actor said.
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”It’s like me and California. When (I) was running for governor, it was clear that people were looking for a new answer, not a right-wing or left-wing politician, but someone who could bring the nation together and doesn’t see the other party as the enemy,” he added.
Schwarzenegger was born in Austria and is ineligible for the US president post because the Constitution requires the nation’s top leader to be a “natural-born citizen.”