GENE SIMMONS On DONALD TRUMP's Presidency: 'A Lot Of People Are Unhappy, Perhaps Rightfully So'

In a brand new interview with the Toronto Sun, Gene Simmons was asked for his opinion on how the very polarizing U.S. President Donald Trump is doing in his job. "A lot of people are unhappy, perhaps rightfully so," Gene responded. "But the Dow Jones Industrial (Average is) 26,0000 or so, job rates are down to 3.9%, the economy is booming like never before. The rest of it — politics. You like the guy, vote him back in. You don't like guy, just make sure nobody votes him back in. My assessment is very clear — unless he's impeached, if there are no more big wars, and if the Dow approaches 29,000, which it may, not only will President Trump be re-elected, but it'll be a landslide."

The KISS bassist/vocalist — who is a former contestant on Donald Trump's "The Celebrity Apprentice" series — went on to say that Trump is not doing his job well "if you have a problem with him socially and politically and stuff like that. But either you approach a country like a business or not because families only care about two things: Is my family safe? Which means war, police, things like that," he explained. "And can I feed my family? Do I have a job? Am I getting paid well? The rest is politics. If you're going to after President Trump for having an affair, you have to go all the way to George Washington and [Justin] Trudeau's father, everybody. You have to go after men. The tendency to wander."

Simmons predicted in the months following the last U.S. presidential election that the Dow Jones Industrial Average would plow past 23,000 (it currently stands at over 26,000) as optimism over corporate earnings turbocharged.

In the past, Gene has defended Trump's occasional off-color remarks and frequently outrageous statements, saying: "I don't know anybody here who hasn't said stupid things publicly or privately. You've said potty words and so have I. So I'm gonna give the guy who was duly elected a chance to show us what he can do, and then I'll judge his legacy."

Simmons said that he "didn't necessarily vote for President Trump or candidate [Hillary] Clinton" in the 2016 presidential election, adding that "it's really nobody's damn business" whom he voted for. "I think you'd be surprised by my choice — but he's President Trump, because even if you don't like the man, you must respect the office of the presidency and the will of the Electoral College," he said.

Last year, Simmons confirmed that KISS was inivited to perform at Trump's inauguration but turned it down because it was "not a good idea."

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