--- title: John Wayne's Daughter Endorses Donald Trump description: "This is very important to me because of John and his whole legacy," Trump said of receiving an endorsement from Wayne's daughter canonical: https://time.com/4185378/donald-trump-john-wayne-iowa/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-19T17:50:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T20:13:42.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: John Wayne's Daughter Endorses Donald Trump og:description: "This is very important to me because of John and his whole legacy" og:url: https://time.com/4185378/donald-trump-john-wayne-iowa/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt97d71e6c0756f6f8/6988799e524fc074bddf657c/trump-wayne1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3571 og:image:height: 2009 og:image:alt: GOP 2016 Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: John Wayne's Daughter Endorses Donald Trump twitter:description: "This is very important to me because of John and his whole legacy" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt97d71e6c0756f6f8/6988799e524fc074bddf657c/trump-wayne1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # John Wayne's Daughter Endorses Donald Trump > Sponsored content. 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A podium for Donald Trump stands in front of a wax statue of John Wayne at the John Wayne Museum on Jan. 19, 2016, in Winterset, Iowa. Jae C. Hong—AP  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Updated: Dec 13, 2023 8:13 PM UTCPublished: Jan 19, 2016 5:50 PM UTC **Correction appended, Jan. 19** Standing in front of a horse saddle, a fake desert background and a statue of John Wayne, Donald Trump accepted the endorsement of Wayne’s daughter before reporters in Iowa Tuesday morning. After Wayne’s daughter Aissa introduced Trump, he quipped, “John Wayne would be very proud of you right now, I think. Maybe he would say, ‘What are you doing?'” “This is very important to me because of John and his whole legacy,” Trump said. “I met him one time and it made such an impression. When you talk about bigger than life, there aren’t too many people bigger than life… It’s an honor to be here, it’s a tremendous honor to have your support and endorsement.” **Read More:** [_History Shows It’s Still Too Early for Polls to Matter_](http://time.com/4184449/iowa-caucus-election-polls/) “When you think about it John Wayne represented strength, he represented power, he represented what the people are looking \[for\] today because we have exactly the opposite of John Wayne right now in this country,” Trump continued. “And he represented real strength and an inner strength that you don’t see very often, and that’s why this endorsement it meant so much to me.” **Read More:** [_The 5 Essential Elements of a Donald Trump Stump Speech_](http://time.com/4178881/donald-trump-campaign-speeches/) Trump is fresh off a [very warm welcome](http://time.com/4184409/donald-trump-liberty-university/) from Liberty University on Monday, the largest Christian university in the world. He will receive another endorsement at a later event in Iowa today, but he was coy about who it will be coming from, except to say that it will be a “tremendous event” and people will be “very impressed.” One reporter asked him if the endorsement will come from Sarah Palin, as some have speculated. Trump declined to answer except to say that he is a “fan” of Palin. **Correction:** The original version of this story misidentified which member of the Wayne family was endorsing Trump. 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