--- title: The Rock Talks to Jimmy Fallon About Running for President description: The Rock stopped by Jimmy Fallon to discuss the potential ambition to run for President of the United States. canonical: https://time.com/4786077/the-rock-on-jimmy-fallon-on-president/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-19T17:39:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:03:22.418Z og:title: The Rock Tells Fallon 'We'll See' About a Presidential Run og:description: Jimmy Fallon asked The Rock about potential political ambitions og:url: https://time.com/4786077/the-rock-on-jimmy-fallon-on-president/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt535dff947d721c94/6988ce18656a3fc8a6bd0140/dwayne-johnson-rock-presidential-campaign.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: dwayne-johnson-rock-presidential-campaign og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Rock Tells Fallon 'We'll See' About a Presidential Run twitter:description: Jimmy Fallon asked The Rock about potential political ambitions twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt535dff947d721c94/6988ce18656a3fc8a6bd0140/dwayne-johnson-rock-presidential-campaign.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Rock Talked to Jimmy Fallon About a Potential Presidential Run: 'We’ll See' > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-brief-2026q3/newsletters?i=9f78736e-9419-4284-bfeb-7c6fd3a8ebb9&cr=time-nl-brief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's Career Money [Watch (HLS stream): Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's Career Money](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/webHFWqH.m3u8) (1:04)  _Published 2017-03-10. In this video by Coinage, learn how Mr. Johnson's versatile career has made him very big bucks._ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker May 19, 2017 5:39 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker May 19, 2017 5:39 PM UTC It looks like there’s a chance Dwayne “[The Rock](http://time.com/4299718/dwayne-johnson-2016-time-100/?iid=sr-link1)” Johnson might want to join Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump in making the trek from the silver screen to the White House. Last year, Johnson [told British GQ ](http://time.com/4355140/dwayne-johnson-the-rock-president/?iid=sr-link8)that there was “a real possibility” he would run for president, a possibility the _Baywatch_ star recently echoed. When he stopped by _The Tonight Show_ on Thursday, he confirmed his interest, telling Jimmy [Fallon](http://time.com/4597278/jimmy-fallon-dwayne-johnson-military/?iid=sr-link7) that when it comes to making those comments into an actual campaign, “We’ll see.” [Johnson](http://time.com/4733833/dwayne-johnson-the-rock-fate-of-the-furious/?iid=sr-link3) – who has an an above-average Q score (approval ratings for celebrities) – cited a poll testing potential candidates against Trump in 2020. “I would beat Donald Trump if we had an election today,” Johnson said. Fallon wasn’t surprised by the news, and interviewed the Rock like a typical celebrity, interrupting him to agree: “Absolutely!” It bears mentioning that although he beat Trump – whose approval rating just hit a new low – by five percentage points, several Democrats like Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Bernie Sanders and Al Franken [fared better](http://time.com/4785931/rock-dwayne-johnson-president/) than The Rock, according to the poll. Still Johnson says that he has “been blown away” by all the attention his remarks have received. “It’s so flattering,” he says. “And I think you have to question why. I think it’s because, you know, a lot of people want to see a different leadership today — I’m sorry, not different, but better leadership today, right?” Johnson however recognizes that a lot can can change over the course of the remaining time in Trump’s presidential term. “Three and a half years is a long ways away,” says [Johnson](http://time.com/3917593/the-rock-little-girl-central-intelligence-set/?iid=sr-link6). “So we’ll see.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4786077/the-rock-on-jimmy-fallon-on-president/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4786077/the-rock-on-jimmy-fallon-on-president/"},"headline":"The Rock Talked to Jimmy Fallon About a Potential Presidential Run: 'We’ll See'","datePublished":"2017-05-19T17:39:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-08T09:03:22.418Z","description":"President The Rock just might be in our future","url":"https://time.com/4786077/the-rock-on-jimmy-fallon-on-president/","keywords":["Newsfeed","jimmy fallon","The Tonight Show","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt535dff947d721c94/6988ce18656a3fc8a6bd0140/dwayne-johnson-rock-presidential-campaign.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt535dff947d721c94/6988ce18656a3fc8a6bd0140/dwayne-johnson-rock-presidential-campaign.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"dwayne-johnson-rock-presidential-campaign","caption":"dwayne-johnson-rock-presidential-campaign","creditText":"Matias J. 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