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Arnold Schwarzenegger: 'I'd be a great US president'

Arnold Schwarzenegger served two terms as the Republican governor for California, but would never be allowed to run for US president as he was born outside the country.

Speaking to the BBC's Colin Paterson, he said he wouldn't complain about the matter as: "Everything I've accomplished was because of America."

25 October 2023

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