Trump praises Sound of Freedom at New Jersey screening: ‘An incredible inspiration’
Heather Hamilton
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Former President and current GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump hosted a screening of Sound of Freedom on Wednesday night at his golf course in New Jersey.
Following the film, Trump thanked those in attendance for coming and praised the work of producer Eduardo Verastegui, lead actor Jim Caviezel, and former Homeland Security agent Tim Ballard, on whose life the movie is based.
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“Jim, that was unbelievable. Oh, what a job!” Trump said, acknowledging Caviezel’s performance, before addressing Verastegui: “You made this the hottest movie anywhere in the world.”
“And Tim, what a job you did. Someone’s got to do it,” Trump told Ballard.
Ballard pointed to his wife, Katherine, and the former president acknowledged her support, saying they were “a great combination, a beautiful combination.”
A source close to the film told the Washington Examiner that Trump was given an autographed poster-sized sign of the film following the screening.
Trump ended his comments by acknowledging the film’s difficult subject matter concerning child sex trafficking.
“It’s something that I’m not sure you’re supposed to enjoy or learn. It’s a combination. That was a great movie. And now I understand why it is doing so well,” Trump said. “It’s an incredible inspiration.”
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Sound of Freedom continues to shock the box office, grossing more than $85 million in sales thus far, according to box office reports. It continues to beat Sony Pictures’s Insidious: The Red Door overall, in addition to besting Disney’s latest Indiana Jones film on a daily basis for more than a week.
The movie, which is distributed by Angel Studios, details the true story of how Ballard quit his Homeland Security job and risked his life to journey into the jungles of Colombia in an effort to save children from sex slavery.