Trump pays tribute to ‘great’ Robert Redford

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US President Donald Trump said Robert Redford had a series of years where there was nobody better.

US President Donald Trump said Robert Redford had a series of years where there was nobody better.

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WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump paid tribute on Sept 16 to screen great Robert Redford – who once played a journalist investigating a scandal that brought down a president – after

his death aged 89

.

“Robert Redford had a series of years where there was nobody better,” Mr Trump told reporters as he left the White House after a journalist told him that Redford had died.

“There was a period of time when he was the hottest. I thought he was great.” AFP

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