Jeff Bridges on Trump: ‘I’m Rooting for Him’

Jeff Bridges proved he’s as laid back and calm as his most famous character The Dude from “The Big Lebowski” when he touched on President Donald Trump in a recent interview.

“Everybody has something different and unique to contribute to society and with different ways of doing it,” Bridges told the Associated Press on Wednesday after a panel on child hunger at the Western Governors Association in Whitefish, Montana.

“Some people will be blatantly out there talking about their disappointments and ridiculing the way President Trump is acting,” said 67-year-old Bridges. “I’m rooting for him to do well by our country. I’m rooting for him as a human being to do the cool thing.”

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Though Bridges supported Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, this is not the first time he has said he is hoping Trump is successful.

“Things are finite here … How are we going to work together to make the most beautiful existence that we can?” Bridges told CNN after Trump was elected.

He said he was “rooting” for the new president and he thought celebrities should “put a check” on their aggression and stop “being so sure that Trump is an a**hole and that he’s going to be terrible.”

He added, “You can have very strong opinions, but to go after this peace and this beauty that we’re after, I think we gotta show up and give a little space for something beautiful to bloom out of it.”

Bridges’ calm, middle-of-the-road attitude toward current affairs is notably different from that of many of his Hollywood peers, who have become more and more aggressive and over-the-top in their criticisms of the president.

He’s a perfect example to other artists of how to be an open-minded thinker — and to stay focused on what matters most.

At the Governors Association event, the actor also touched on his work to end child hunger. He founded the End Hunger Network in 1983 and became a spokesperson for No Kid Hungry in 2010, a group that combats childhood hunger among struggling families.

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Splitting his time between California and Montana, Bridges has helped to expand school food programs with Montana Gov. Steve Bullock and the first lady, Lisa Bullock.

Bridges told the AP he is concerned child hunger is not being properly addressed in America, and he is worried about potential cuts to federal food assistance programs.

“The health of our children is a wonderful compass that can tell us if our country is going in the right direction,” Bridges said. “That means we’re off course, so I’m rooting for the president to get on course.”