CNN’s Chris Wallace Calls Out Dennis Quaid For Supporting Trump: ‘Reagan Would Have Been Appalled’ By Trump

CNN anchor Chris Wallace called out actor Dennis Quaid over his support for former President Donald Trump, telling the star that late President Ronald Reagan “would have been appalled” by Trump.

Wallace interviewed Quaid for this week’s edition of his Max series Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace on a variety of topics, including his new film Reagan — in which Quaid portrays the titular character.

In one preview clip obtained by Mediaite, Wallace confronted Quaid — who idolizes Reagan — over his endorsement of Trump by highlighting the differences between the two former presidents:

WALLACE: You have a new movie out called Reagan that focuses on his effort to win the Cold War.
You’ve come out for Donald Trump in this election. And I’m a little curious about that because a lot of people say that there would be no room for Ronald Reagan in Donald Trump’s Republican Party.

QUAID: Well, I really don’t agree with that in a sense. Yes, Ronald Reagan was a man of his times. And Trump is also, he’s a man of his times. But I do feel that the principles of Ronald Reagan and the principles of Donald J. Trump are very similar.

WALLACE: Well, let me pick up on that though because Reagan confronted the Russians. He talked, and you in the movie talk, about an evil empire. Trump doesn’t do that. Reagan supported free trade. Trump imposes tariffs. And Reagan’s 11th commandment was thou shall not speak ill of another Republican. I gotta say, I think Reagan would have been appalled by Trump’s behavior.

QUAID: Well, I do think you see a Trump 2.0 here as far as the Republican party and him getting along that this time around. Ronald Reagan was America first I would contend. The circumstances around that, the issues around the election of 1980 are very similar today. You had high inflation, gas prices, what they were, we had hostages in the Middle East. We were told that we were a nation in decline and felt that malaise that Jimmy Carter himself said that and very similar issues to what is going on today.

Watch above via Max’s Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace.