Arnold Schwarzenegger avoided sharply criticizing Donald Trump for his recent comments dismissing a drought problem in California. | Getty Schwarzenegger ducks backing Trump, for now

Former Republican California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Sunday declined to endorse the party’s presumptive presidential nominee, Donald Trump.

But he promised an announcement would come before the November elections. Schwarzenegger campaigned for Ohio Gov. John Kasich at a time when the moderate wing of the party tried to mobilize to stop Trump from securing the nomination.


“I will make an announcement before the election, you can be sure of that,” Schwarzenegger said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “But I will do it my way. Which is always an unusual way.”

Schwarzenegger said he will “study the various different candidates, what they represent, all of them, and I will then make up my mind and I would make the endorsement.”

Schwarzenegger avoided sharply criticizing Trump for his recent comments dismissing a drought problem in California. Instead, he claimed it was a “very complicated issue” and agreed with Trump on the need for updating the state’s infrastructure for handling water.