Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney shot back at President Donald Trump after the MAGA leader uncorked a wild attack on Clooney and trashed his movies over the actor's decision to exit the U.S. for French citizenship.
The 64-year-old Oscar winner, his wife, Amal Clooney, and their two kids officially became French citizens this month after years living at their swanky Provence estate. And the news left Trump fuming.
The president unleashed a scathing attack on Truth Social, slamming the couple as "two of the worst political prognosticators of all time."
“Good News! George and Amal Clooney, two of the worst political prognosticators of all time, have officially become citizens of France which is, sadly, in the midst of a major crime problem because of their absolutely horrendous handling of immigration, much like we had under Sleepy Joe Biden,” Trump wrote on New Year’s Eve. “Remember when Clooney, after the now infamous debate, dumped Joe during a fundraiser, only to go onto the side of another stellar candidate, Jamala(K!), who is now fighting it out with the worst governor in the Country, including Tim Waltz, Gavin Newscum, for who is going to lead the Democrats to their future defeat. Clooney got more publicity for politics than he did for his very few, and totally mediocre, movies. He wasn’t a movie star at all, he was just an average guy who complained, constantly, about common sense in politics.”
Trump's screed comes after George Clooney sounded off on Trump's MAGA-fied America in a cover story for Variety Magazine published on Tuesday. That included expressing concern that CBS News' new MAGA-friendly boss, Bari Weiss is "dismantling" the station and that Americans won't be able to "discern reality without a functioning press."
Clooney clapped back at Trump to the Hollywood Reporter, firing back, "I totally agree with the current president. We have to make America great again. We’ll start in November."
For her part, Weiss challenged Clooney to learn more about their work.
“Bonjour, Mr. Clooney!” Weiss responded. “Big fan of your work. It sounds like you’d like to learn more about ours. This is an open invitation to visit the CBS Broadcast Center, where I’m spending the holidays working to relaunch the Evening News with my colleagues. Tune in January 5.”
