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Eastwood had been one of the GOP’s most vocal supporters in Hollywood, giving a now-famous speech at the 2012 Republican National Convention excoriating President Obama. He also backed Trump in 2016, defending the president during his campaign against criticism over his coarse rhetoric.

However, he said he was backing Bloomberg in part because he would like to see Trump be more “genteel” in office.

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"The best thing we could do is just get Mike Bloomberg in there," Eastwood said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, adding that he would like to see Trump act "in a more genteel way, without tweeting and calling people names."

"I would personally not like for him [Trump] to not bring himself to that level," Eastwood said.

Bloomberg was elected as mayor as a Republican, before ultimately registering as an Independent and then a Democrat.

The comments from the 89-year-old Oscar winner come as Bloomberg faces criticism over his past comments about women and his support for the controversial stop-and-frisk policy.

Bloomberg cleared the way Friday for three women who accused him of sexist or misogynistic comments to be released from nondisclosure agreements they made with him if they asked. The move came after he was hammered at Wednesday night’s primary debate over accusations that he oversaw a hostile workplace at his company.