UPDATED, with Clooney comment: With just a few hours left in 2025, Donald Trump went after George Clooney and his new French citizenship, apparently in response to a recent interview in which the actor recalled that the president was “a big goofball” before he entered politics.
Trump posted on Truth Social on Wednesday, “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. 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. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
The New York Times and other outlets reported this week that France had granted citizenship to the Clooneys and their children. The actor, born in Kentucky, also has citizenship in the United States.
In a statement, Clooney responded to Trump’s post, saying, “I totally agree with the current president. We have to make America great again. We’ll start in November.:
In an interview with Variety, Clooney recalled being friendly with Trump before he entered elective politics.
“I knew him very well,” Clooney told the publication. “He used to call me a lot, and he tried to help me get into a hospital once to see a back surgeon. I’d see him out at clubs and at restaurants. He’s a big goofball. Well, he was. That all changed.”
In the interview, Clooney also was critical of the decision by ABC News and CBS News to settle separate lawsuits filed by Trump. “If CBS and ABC had challenged those lawsuits and said, ‘Go fuck yourself,’ we wouldn’t be where we are in the country,” Clooney said. “That’s simply the truth.”
He also was critical of Bari Weiss, the founder of the center-right opinion site The Free Press, who Paramount CEO David Ellison appointed to run the CBS News division after acquiring the company. Weiss then invited Clooney to visit the newsroom.
