Actor Josh Brolin took a walk down memory lane when he opened up about his old friend, US President Donald Trump. The Wake Up Dead Man was friends with Trump for years before the real estate mogul entered the White House. Josh Brolin on Donald Trump Brolin spoke about Trump, telling The Independent: “I’m not afraid of Trump because even though he says he’s staying forever, it’s just not going to happen.” “And if it does happen, then I’ll deal with that moment. But because I was a friend of Trump before he was president, I know a different guy.” Josh Brolin and Donald Trump’s friendship Josh Brolin and Trump’s friendship dates back to 2010. They met when Brolin starred in the Oliver Stone film, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. The film is set in New York and featured a scene starring Donald Trump. However, it never made it to the finish line. In the same interview, Brolin also praised Trump, calling him a marketing genius. He said: “There is no greater genius than [Trump] in marketing.” “He takes the weakness of the general population and fills it. And that’s why I think a lot of people feel like they have a lucky charm in him. I think it’s much less about Trump than about the general population and their need for validation.” How Josh Brolin and Trump met in NY. Previously, the Avengers actor revealed how he and Donald Trump became friends. Brolin shared on In Depth With Graham Bensinger that he and Trump became friends after a dinner with Shia LaBeouf and Melania Trump in New York in 2010. In May 2012, Donald Trump called Brolin “a friend of mine” in a post on X, formerly Twitter. He also praised the actor for his “fantastic” performance in the film, Men in Black 3. However, in 2024, Brolin told Bensinger that he and Donald Trump were no longer friends. Appearing on The Late Show in 2018, the actor shared that he was “just proud” to know Trump. A few years later, he wrote on Instagram: “I refuse to believe that Donald Trump is our core version of American manhood.” He also added that Trump “lied over 50,000 documented times.” Wake Up Dead Man Meanwhile, Josh Brolin was last seen in Wake Up Dead Man. In the third installment of the Knives Out series, he plays as the priest of a church. The movie will mark its debut on Netflix in December.