{"id":49438,"date":"2026-02-25T14:10:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=49438"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:10:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:10:39","slug":"lifelong-republican-pat-boone-calls-president-trump-his-own-worst-enemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2026\/02\/lifelong-republican-pat-boone-calls-president-trump-his-own-worst-enemy.html","title":{"rendered":"Lifelong Republican Pat Boone Calls President Trump \u201chis own worst enemy\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_49441\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49441\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2026\/02\/Pat-Boone_credit-MLM-IMAGES-Los-Angeles-Shutterstock.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49441\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2026\/02\/Pat-Boone_credit-MLM-IMAGES-Los-Angeles-Shutterstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MLM IMAGES Los Angeles \/ Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lifelong Republican Pat Boone, 91, has been a supporter of President Trump from the beginning, but during a recent interview on the red carpet of the 33rd Annual Movieguide Faith &amp; Values Awards Gala, he offered some candid thoughts about the President\u2019s performance. \u201cHe&#8217;s doing great things, but he won&#8217;t wait for other people to brag on him. He wants to make sure you know, and he wants his name on too many things.\u00a0And I think he doesn&#8217;t seem to grasp that that&#8217;s turning off more people than it is attracting,\u201d Boone told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-15558865\/republican-pat-boone-urges-president-trump-humble.html\"><em>Daily Mail<\/em><\/a>. He suggested the President\u2019s rhetoric can alienate people who might otherwise support him. \u201cI&#8217;ve known him a long time. We met at Mar-a-Lago years ago when he was doing \u2018The Apprentice\u2019 and he was getting on television,\u201d he said. \u201cIt&#8217;s obvious he&#8217;s a genius at what he does. I feel like he&#8217;s his own worst enemy though, at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He suggested President Trump adopt Ronald Reagan\u2019s more measured approach to politics and let his successes speak for themselves. Trump has often cited Reagan as inspiration and many of his strongest supporters refer to him as a modern Ronald Reagan. He also warned that the President needed to live up to his promises if he didn\u2019t want his supporters to turn on him, something many of his supporters have urged given the upcoming mid-term elections and the concern of a \u201cblue wave\u201d from motivated Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Boone said he\u2019d be willing to bring up his concerns the next time he spoke to the President. \u201cI would want to warn him to be very careful, not just about the effects of everything he does,\u201d he said, adding that the President could do better admitting when he has made a mistake or acted hastily. \u201cThat kind of humility would wear well,\u201d he said. Trump\u2019s braggadocios personality has been a source of praise and an albatross at times for his supporters, such as when he criticized famed director Rob Reiner after he and his wife were brutally murdered, allegedly by their own son. At the time, Trump stated Reiner\u2019s death was \u201creportedly due to the anger he caused by others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction \u2026 known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME.\u201d The post sparked loud rebukes from Republicans, even from some of his staunches supporters. \u201cThis statement is wrong,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lawler4ny\/status\/2000613891869454695?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2000613891869454695%7Ctwgr%5Ea59beb5a94bfcf93a625031f07d30507b6203d3e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aljazeera.com%2Fnews%2F2025%2F12%2F16%2Ftrump-comments-on-deaths-of-us-filmmaker-rob-reiner-and-wife-cause-outrage\">wrote Republican Mike Lawler<\/a>. \u201cRegardless of one\u2019s political views, no one should be subjected to violence, let alone at the hands of their own son. It\u2019s a horrible tragedy that should engender sympathy and compassion from everyone in our country, period.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lifelong Republican Pat Boone, 91, has been a supporter of President Trump from the beginning, but during a recent interview on the red carpet of the 33rd Annual Movieguide Faith &amp; Values Awards Gala, he offered some candid thoughts about the President\u2019s performance. \u201cHe&#8217;s doing great things, but he won&#8217;t wait for other people to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":516,"featured_media":49441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-television"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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