The beloved actor and Academy Award-winning director Robert Redford has passed away, aged 89. Many sends their condolences after โThe Sundance Kidโsโ passing, including President Donald Trump.
However, looking back, Trump and Redford doesnโt seem to have had the best of relations. What Robert Redford really felt? Well, he didnโt spare any words.
Robert Redford, known for many classic roles including starring as The Sundance Kid in Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid and films such as The Sting, All Presidentโs Men and Out of Africa, has passed away at age 89. He also won the Oscar for best Director in 1981 for Ordinary People.
The sad news were shared with The New York Times by the chief executive of the publicity firm Rogers & Cowan PMK, Cindi Berger. She said Reddford diec in his sleep at his Utah home. Berger didnโt specify the cause of death.
โRobert Redford passed away on September 16, 2025, at his home at Sundance in the mountains of Utahโthe place he loved, surrounded by those he loved. He will be missed greatly,โ Berger said in a statement to CNN. โThe family requests privacy.โ
Colleagues, as well as fans, are now sending their condolences to the Redford family. And it didnโt take long before President Donald Trump also paid tribute to the late actor and director.
โRobert Redford had a series of years where there was nobody better,โ Trump told journalists as he left the White House to fly to the UK. โThere was a period of time when he was the hottest. I thought he was great.โ
Robert Redfordโs true feelings about Donald Trump
Sadly, in reality, Donald Trump and Robert Redford had a little more complicated relationship. In fact, Robert Redford, known for being very outspoken about his views on American politics, wasnโt a big fan of Trump at all.
As Trump rose in the ranks, all the way to the White House, Redford wasnโt shy of expressing his views on the president. Several times, he delivered criticism, and even warnings about the former real estate mogul.
In 2015, three years before Trump won the PResidential Election against Hillary Clinton, Redford appeared on Larry King NOw. He was asked about Trump. stating, โLook heโs got such a big foot in his mouth, Iโm not sure youโre going to get it out. But on the other hand, Iโm glad heโs in there.โ
Robert Redford continued: โIโm glad heโs in there because him being the way he is, and saying what he says the way he says it, I think shakes things up and I think thatโs very needed. Because on the other side, itโs so bland, itโs so boring, itโs so empty.โ
Donald Trump, who also isnโt shy of responding to such criticism, quickly answered. On X, then Twitter, he responded to Redfordโs comments.
โWow! Such nice words from Robert Redford on my running for President. Thank you, Robert,โ Trump said.
โDegrades everything he touchesโ
As per Newsweek, Redfordโs spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter at thetime that the actorsโ comment wasnโt an indication that he supported Trump, but rather that he got enjoyment from Donald as a character.
When Donad Trump held office, in 2019, Redford struck again. In an op-ed for the Washington Post, a year before Trump was impeached for a second time, โThe Sundance Kidโ argued that it was wrong to impeach the president. Instead, Redford thought voters should have used their power to kick him out of the White House and from the Oval Office.
โIt is painfully clear we have a president who degrades everything he touches, a person who does not understand (or care?) that his duty is to defend our democracy,โ Redford dsaid.
The same year, then in an op-ed for NBC, the actor claimed Donald Trump was a threat to the US democracy.
โWeโre up against a crisis I never thought Iโd see in my lifetime: a dictator-like attack by President Donald Trump on everything this country stands for,โ he said.
Robert Redford wanted to give Trump โa chanceโ
He added that it was fair to have given โthe guy a chanceโ when he was first elected, but that Trimp undermined many things democracy stood for; the rule of law, freedom of speech, and freedom of press.
โInstead of the United States of America, we are now defined as the Divided States of America,โ Robert Redford added.
What do you make of this? Please share your opinion in the comment section on Facebook.
Rest in peace, Robert Redford.
