Gavin Newsom presidential run is ‘no-brainer’, Arnold Schwarzenegger says

Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks during the environmental conference called ‘Austrian World Summit’ in Vienna on Tuesday. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

A presidential run by the governor of California, Gavin Newsom, is a “no-brainer”, according to one of the Democrat’s predecessors, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the film star and “governator” who ran the golden state for eight years from 2003.

“I think it’s a no-brainer,” Schwarzenegger told the Hollywood Reporter in an interview published on Tuesday. “Every governor from a big state wants to take that shot.”