Filmmaker Michael Moore said he thinks Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy MORE will “absolutely” ban Muslims from entering the U.S., rejecting those who call for not taking the president-elect literally.

“He’s shown how he’s going to do it. He’s going to get away with it by making it a ban on Muslims who come from the following countries. He needs just enough cover for his crowd to say, ‘Oh, he’s being reasonable there. He’s not banning all Muslims,’” Moore said in an interview with Variety published Tuesday.

Moore said he also expects Trump to follow through on his plan to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Trump will officially become president Friday.

Entering the Trump era, Moore implored Americans to take Trump “literally,” rather than figuratively, with his campaign promises and rhetoric.

“I’ve taken him literally and seriously since day one,” Moore said. “That’s why I’ve been able to be active and energized since the election. I went through my five stages of grief months and months ago when I realized he was going to win.”

Moore famously predicted over the summer that Trump would win the 2016 election, despite Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Virginia Democrat blasts Trump's 'appalling' remark about COVID-19 deaths in 'blue states' The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden asks if public can trust vaccine from Trump ahead of Election Day | Oklahoma health officials raised red flags before Trump rally MORE's lead in the polls.

“You do have to take Trump at his word. I still hear people say, ‘Oh, he’s not really going to build the wall,’” Moore said. “Oh, he is going to build it. He knows that he’s got to deliver at least a version of the wall.”

Moore also said he met Trump once in 1998 when they both appeared on a talk show. He said he realized last year that Trump is "not stupid at all."

"People think he’s stupid — he’s not stupid at all," Moore said. "He played me; he got me to not be myself, to not talk any anti-corporate talk. I thought I was going over to relax him. What he was doing was undoing me so I wouldn’t be Michael Moore. This guy is good."

Moore will host a “massive rally” outside of Trump’s New York City International Hotel with actors Alec Baldwin and Mark Ruffalo on Thursday — just a day before Trump’s inauguration.