Pat Boone Urges Trump to Tone Down Bravado

Lifelong Republican, entertainment legend Pat Boone, has delivered a rare public warning to President – urging him to adopt more humility in office. 

The 91-year-old crooner, who has stood by Trump for years, shared his thoughts about the president's second term and said he believes his biggest issue is not his policies, but his bravado. 

'He's doing great things, but he won't wait for other people to brag on him,' Boone told the Daily Mail. 

'He wants to make sure you know, and he wants his name on too many things. 

'And I think he doesn't seem to grasp that that's turning off more people than it is attracting.'

Boone sounded off while walking the red carpet at the 33rd Annual Movieguide Faith & Values Awards Gala, in earlier this month. 

He suggested Trump's aggressive rhetoric and constant self-praise risk alienating voters who might otherwise support him.  

'I've known him a long time. We met at Mar-a-Lago years ago when he was doing the Apprentice and he was getting on television.

'It's obvious he's a genius at what he does.

'I feel like he's his own worst enemy though, at the same time.'

He also warned that although Trump has kept 'many' of his promises already, the public will turn against him if he doesn't follow through. 

Boone argued that Trump is too focused on 'being famous for being great,' rather than quietly letting his record speak for itself and said he wishes the president would adopt the calm, measured style of another former Republican commander-in-chief.

'I wish he had more of the calm of Ronald Reagan. I mean, still do great things, but let it sneak up on us, so that people say: "Hey, he did what he said".'

'He doesn't have to yell it to us and make sure that we know.

'But he's in his heart and mind, his purpose is to be a great leader and to help the country and to be famous for being great.

'Well, it's hard to keep on being great if you keep talking about it. At least that's my view.'

It marks an unusual broadside from Boone, who has long defended Trump and has socialized with him in  over the years. 

And he admitted he wouldn't hold back in advising Trump to adopt a gentler approach to his policies and comments if given the chance. 

'I have not had the opportunity recently to talk to him and I congratulate him on the things he's been able to do, but I'd warn him.

'I would want to warn him to be very careful, not just about the effects of everything he does.

'Sometimes there are after effects you didn't anticipate. Although the motive was very good, but also leave room to be able to say: "you know, I think I'd better correct this or I better change that. I may have been hasty. Maybe I tried to do it too fast, but we're getting there anyway."

'That kind of humility would wear well.'

Boone then reflected on his hopes for the next three years of Trump's presidency – and what he would like POTUS to say at the end of his second term.

'I would want him to say: "Well, I did good and I did what I promised I'd do and I was humble and wise enough to see if I was going too fast or too far and pull back and let the public catch up with what I'm trying to do".'

Boone attended the gala run by Movieguide, the number one family review service for movies and television shows.

The star-studded awards 'celebrating hope and inspiration', which will air on the Great American Family network next month, has been a favorite gala for Boone to attend for years.

'I'm glad about this event because Dr. Ted Baehr (Founder and Publisher of Movieguide) always gives the actual reports of which films make money.

'But he has found that if you make family friendly films, films that uplift people and don't discourage them and make them think the world is coming to an end or that bad guys win, and those things are popular in the movies, but they're not going to do as well financially as family films.

'My career began in a family theater in Nashville, Tennessee, when I was a teenager. 

'And on Saturday afternoons, the parents could bring their kids for three hours and they would see cartoons and they would see good films about good things and be happy and the parents could have a rest for three hours.

'And I sang in some of those little talent shows then and it was just reinforcing the way I've always lived – trying to be good and help people and live moral lives is the healthiest way to live.'

The Movieguide Awards airs on Great American Family network and will stream on Pure Flix on March 5 at 8pm ET