Arnold Schwarzenegger advises Trump on weight, estimates 315 pounds

Arnold Schwarzenegger appeared on the Jimmy Kimmel program the other day, and he's actually really funny. You know, I we're going to look at a couple of minutes of Arnold on Jimmy Kimmel. I don't want to glamorize Arnold Schwarzenegger. If I had to choose a Republican from those running for president, I've said I would clearly go with Chris Christie with Nikki Haley secondary to that. But if you said, David, what about just more broadly, in general, Republicans? I would probably have Arnold Schwarzenegger at the top of my list. I know I don't agree on everything with him. He's a Republican after all. But he strikes me as a fundamentally honest and moral person to the extent that he genuinely has the best interests of the country in mind. He has what I believe are some incorrect paths to bettering the country for people. But he doesn't seem like a self-serving, egocentric public servant. And I find that that's actually refreshing to a degree. Here is Arnold talking to Jimmy Kimmel. He has advice for Trump on weight. And Arnold doesn't believe Trump's weight is 215 pounds, which is really pretty funny to hear him say. Check this out. He listed his weight at 215 pounds. You are one of the foremost experts on the male physique, bodybuilding, etc. When you size him up, what would you guess that that man weighs? You know, I don't really know how much he weighs. I can tell you one thing that if you would ask me what should you do for fitness, I would just say run around yourself three times. You're going to be in great shape. Now this was misreported. I don't actually know. This was reported as Arnold said Trump should run around his cell three times like his prison cell. I heard Arnold say he should run around himself three times. I don't. It doesn't really matter. OK, let's continue. So do you think it is possible that he weighs 215 pounds? Yeah, as much as is possible that there is no climate change and as much as is possible that you don't need to really reduce pollution. By the way, I don't think there's any place for Arnold's views in the Republican Party. I mean, he's he's basically a moderate Democrat at this point in time, but that's a different story. I mean, look, we all know that the way he is and if it makes him feel good to, you know, tell everyone he weighs 215, I think everyone laughs about it because he does not look like he weighs 215. I mean, it's a little bit more like maybe 315 or 315. If I were a betting man and I'm not. And you said, David, is Trump's weight closer to 215 or 315? I'm betting that it's closer to 315 for sure. When you you mentioned climate change. And when I hear you talk about things, I always have to remind myself that you're technically a Republican because it doesn't seem like you're a Republican on especially a lot of important things like climate change is one of them. And what do you think when you look at the party and what's going on right now in Congress? Do you think that you think of yourself as a Republican still? I'm a proud Republican. And I'll tell you why, because I'm a traditional Republican to remember that the one that put most of the land aside for future generations was Teddy Roosevelt. He was a Republican. The Ronald Reagan created the Air Resources Board in California, most important board in order to really be able to execute off the things or the laws that we pass. President Nixon created the EPA, the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington. He wanted to. President Nixon wanted to do universal health care. Those are all mostly things that Republicans now denounce. So, yes, Arnold Schwarzenegger is right in handpicking historical Republican actions that he agrees with. Most of those are now denounced by modern Republicans. So I think the Arnold story is a very interesting one. He's a Republican today in the sense, I guess, that he prefers lower taxes to higher taxes, except when necessary for the functioning of the country. He prefers fewer business regulations rather than more. As long as we are not going beyond necessary regulations to maintain the environment and limit pollution and negative externalities. When you hear that, it really does sound like a centrist to center left Democrat. He's not Bernie Sanders. He's not a social Democrat in the northern European model. But I'll tell you this. Even if we grant that Arnold is a Republican, if Republicans were more like Arnold, we would all be far better off, particularly because more time could be spent negotiating with people in good faith rather than dealing with the conspiracies and contrived cultural issues of people like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert and these types of folks. So that's where I see it. Curious to know your thoughts on Arnold. We'll have this clip on Instagram. We'll have it on Tick Tock. The David Pakman Show at David Pakman Dotcom.