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Ahead of his performance at the TIME 100 gala, the Love Me Now singer trashed Donald Trump on the red carpet, calling him a "terrible president."
"He's
manifestly unqualified, not curious, not good at legislating or really
anything the job requires," he said. "He doesn't have any depth about
any subject. And he's also using the office of the presidency as a way
to make money with himself with his businesses, so he's corrupt. I can't
say anything nice about the guy, I think he's one of the worst people
I've ever encountered in public life."
When asked about President Obama's upcoming keynote speech at an event hosted by investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald LP, for which he's reportedly earning $400,000 in speaking fees, Legend wouldn't draw comparisons between the current and former commanders-in-chief.
"I think it's a silly distinction," he said. "He was never against Wall Street. The Dodd-Frank law and the other things (Obama) did were to regulate Wall Street so that they wouldn't cheat the American people and they wouldn't destroy the financial system again. And he did that, and he can still get paid to show up and speak somewhere.
When asked about President Obama's upcoming keynote speech at an event hosted by investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald LP, for which he's reportedly earning $400,000 in speaking fees, Legend wouldn't draw comparisons between the current and former commanders-in-chief.
"I think it's a silly distinction," he said. "He was never against Wall Street. The Dodd-Frank law and the other things (Obama) did were to regulate Wall Street so that they wouldn't cheat the American people and they wouldn't destroy the financial system again. And he did that, and he can still get paid to show up and speak somewhere.
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