Arnold Schwarzenegger endorses 'action hero' John Kasich

Arnold Schwarzenegger, the next host of Celebrity Apprentice, endorsed Republican presidential candidate John Kasich in an online video Sunday.

The endorsement from The Terminator actor effectively snubs Donald Trump, Schwarzenegger's Apprentice predecessor and the current GOP frontrunner.

"I want John Kasich to be the next nominee of the Republicans and also to be the next president of the United States," Schwarzenegger says in an apparent selfie video. "Here he is."

The camera pans over to a smiling Kasich.

"Thank you Arnold. Love you, man," says Kasich, the governor of Ohio.

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Schwarzenegger later appeared with Kasich at an event in the latter's home state.

"When he went to Washington, he kicked some serious butt," said Schwarzenegger told an audience of hundreds in Columbus, according to NBC. "He was an action hero when he went to Washington."

For his part, Kasich showed off a jacket that Schwarzenegger gifted him years before.

"I am officially the Terminator 2, the Governator 2," Kasich said. "For the first month I slept in the jacket, you know."

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