Dwayne Johnson For President: 'The Rock' Announces 2020 Campaign

If a guy from Queens who went on to have a cameo in "Home Alone 2" can be president, why not a former wrestler who has now hosted "Saturday Night Live" five times? That's the question pretty much put to the American people by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

During his opening monologue, Johnson — who has been increasingly talking about wanting to help people — made the (joking? serious?) announcement.

"Starting tonight, I am running for the president of the United States," he said. "When it comes to politics, we need more poise and less noise.

"Americans deserve strong capable leaders, leaders who care about this country and care about its people."

He was standing next to frequent Trump impersonator, Alec Baldwin, and added: "I've already chosen my running mate. Like me, he's very well-liked. He's charming, universally adored by pretty much every human alive."

He then brought Tom Hanks on stage, who immediately accepted.

"Now, in the past, I never would've considered running for president," Johnson said. "I mean, I didn't think I was qualified at all, but now I'm actually worried that I'm too qualified."

While it's impossible to know how long this will last, Johnson has been coming across as pretty serious about wanting to help people.

The Rock for president idea picked up earlier this month when GQ put him on the cover, and the headline on the story was Dwayne Johnson for President.

"When Dwayne Johnson meets you (and I can assure you, he would love to), the first thing he will do is ask you six thousand questions about yourself, and remember the answers forever," the reporter started the story. "If you are a child, good luck getting past Dwayne Johnson without a high five or some simulated roughhousing; if you're in a wheelchair, prepare for a Beowulf-style epic poem about your deeds and bravery, composed extemporaneously, delivered to Johnson's Instagram audience of 85 million people; if you're dead, having shuffled off your mortal coil before you even got the chance to meet Dwayne Johnson, that sucks—rest in peace knowing that Dwayne Johnson genuinely misses you.

"For Johnson, there are no strangers; there are simply best friends, and best friends he hasn't met yet. I've known the man for only two hours—and have been in his car now for only a few minutes, listening to the Dixie Chicks, headed to what he's luxuriously described to me as his 'private gym'—and already it's apparent that I am Dwayne Johnson's greatest friend in the entire world."

He brought it up again this week, appearing on "The Tonight Show."

"A real national poll that brought together Republicans and Democrats is saying that I would beat Donald Trump if we had an election today," he told host Jimmy Fallon.

"I'm very flattered by it. Three and a half years is a long ways away. So we’ll see."

The National Review, a leading conservative voice in the political discussion, also put him on the cover. Its headline? The Celebrity We Need.

Of course, the magazine points out that while Johnson talks frequently about wanting to help people and supporting the troops, we don't yet have any clue where he stands on issues like the Clean Water Act.

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So, what do we know about Johnson?

Politically, he's an independent. So much so that in 2000 he appeared at both the Republican and Democratic conventions.

Of course, many people know him from his days as a professional wrestler.

He also played football at the University of Miami where he helped the Hurricanes win the national championship in 1991. He also played for the Calgary Stampede in the Canadian Football League.

Johnson holds dual U.S. and Canadian citizenship. He grew up mostly in Florida but also spent time with his mother's family in New Zealand.

And, through his father's family, he is descended from a former slave who fought for the British in the American Revolution after the British promised freedom for those blacks who fought for them.

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