5 months ago
UPDATED, pinch Clooney comment: With conscionable a fewer hours near successful 2025, Donald Trump went aft George Clooney and his caller French citizenship, apparently successful consequence to a caller question and reply successful which nan character recalled that nan president was “a large goofball” earlier he entered politics.
Trump posted connected Truth Social connected Wednesday, “Good News! George and Amal Clooney, 2 of nan worst governmental prognosticators of each time, person officially go citizens of France which is, sadly, successful nan midst of a awesome crime problem because of their perfectly horrendous handling of immigration, overmuch for illustration we had nether Sleepy Joe Biden. Remember erstwhile Clooney, aft nan now infamous debate, dumped Joe during a fundraiser, only to spell onto nan broadside of different stellar candidate, Jamala(K!), who is now fighting it retired pinch nan worst politician successful nan Country, including Tim Waltz, Gavin Newscum, for who is going to lead nan Democrats to their early defeat. Clooney sewage much publicity for authorities than he did for his very few, and wholly mediocre, movies. He wasn’t a movie prima astatine all, he was conscionable an mean feline who complained, constantly, astir communal consciousness successful politics. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
The New York Times and different outlets reported this week that France had granted citizenship to nan Clooneys and their children. The actor, calved successful Kentucky, besides has citizenship successful nan United States.
In a statement, Clooney responded to Trump’s post, saying, “I wholly work together pinch nan existent president. We person to make America awesome again. We’ll commencement successful November.:
In an question and reply pinch Variety, Clooney recalled being friends pinch Trump earlier he entered elective politics.
“I knew him very well,” Clooney told nan publication. “He utilized to telephone maine a lot, and he tried to thief maine get into a infirmary erstwhile to spot a backmost surgeon. I’d spot him retired astatine clubs and astatine restaurants. He’s a large goofball. Well, he was. That each changed.”
In nan interview, Clooney besides was captious of nan determination by ABC News and CBS News to settee abstracted lawsuits revenge by Trump. “If CBS and ABC had challenged those lawsuits and said, ‘Go fuck yourself,’ we wouldn’t beryllium wherever we are successful nan country,” Clooney said. “That’s simply nan truth.”
He besides was captious of Bari Weiss, nan laminitis of nan center-right sentiment tract The Free Press, who Paramount CEO David Ellison appointed to tally nan CBS News section aft acquiring nan company. Weiss past invited Clooney to sojourn nan newsroom.
