{"id":2218892,"date":"2026-01-01T14:21:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T14:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2218892"},"modified":"2026-01-01T14:21:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T14:21:12","slug":"donald-trump-slams-george-clooney-after-actor-details-past-friendship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/donald-trump-slams-george-clooney-after-actor-details-past-friendship\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Slams George Clooney After Actor Details Past Friendship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/donald-trump\/\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a> has plenty to say about <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/george-clooney\/\"><strong>George Clooney<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s new life as a French citizen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood 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,\u201d Trump, 79, shared via his Truth Social platform on Wednesday, December 31.<\/p>\n<p>Trump went on to reference a 2024 op-ed written by Clooney, 64, who urged <strong>Joe Biden<\/strong> to step down from the presidential race and allow <strong>Kamala Harris<\/strong> to run against Trump instead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemember 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,\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/george-clooney-details-past-friendship-with-president-donald-trump\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/george-clooney-details-past-friendship-with-president-donald-trump\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">George Clooney Details Past Friendship With President Donald Trump<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tGeorge Clooney is looking back on his past friendship with President Donald Trump. \u201cI knew him very well,\u201d Clooney, 64, told Variety in an interview published on Tuesday, December 30. \u201cHe used to call me a lot, and he tried to help me get into a hospital once to see a back surgeon. I\u2019d see [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The president further alleged that the Oscar winner \u201cgot more publicity for politics than he did for his very few, and totally mediocre movies,\u201d claiming, \u201cHe wasn\u2019t a movie star at all, he was just an average guy who complained, constantly, about common sense in politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>News broke in late December that George and his wife, <strong>Amal Clooney<\/strong>, were granted French citizenship along with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/pictures\/george-and-amal-clooney-everything-theyve-said-about-parenthood\/\">their 8-year-old twins<\/a>, Alexander and Ella.<\/p>\n<p>Just one day before Trump\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/donald-trump-shares-mocks-kennedys-after-tatiana-schlossberg-death\/\">Truth Social takedown<\/a>, George opened up about his history with the businessman before his political career began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew him very well,\u201d he told <em>Variety<\/em> in an interview published on Tuesday, December 30. \u201cHe used to call me a lot, and he tried to help me get into a hospital once to see a back surgeon. I\u2019d see him out at clubs and at restaurants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump first took office in 2016 and was elected once again in 2024. \u201cHe\u2019s a big goofball,\u201d George claimed. \u201cWell, he was. That all changed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his time as president, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/joe-rogan-slams-donald-trumps-comments-on-rob-reiners-death\/\">Trump has faced scrutiny<\/a> from prominent figures in Hollywood. The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/george-clooney-trying-to-figure-things-out-about-himself-amid-jay-kelly-role\/\"><em>Jay Kelly<\/em> star<\/a> has been a vocal critic, claiming in 2021 that Trump\u2019s name will forever be found in the \u201cdustbin of history.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Despite facing jabs from within the Oval Office, George and Amal, 47, are looking forward to settling down with their kids overseas. The actor has spoken candidly about <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/george-clooney-and-adam-sandlers-kids-excited-for-taylor-swift-album\/\">wanting to raise his children<\/a> outside of the Hollywood spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, we live on a farm in France. A good portion of my life growing up was on a farm, and as a kid, I hated the whole idea of it,\u201d George told <em>Esquire<\/em> in October. \u201cBut now, for them, it\u2019s like \u2014 they\u2019re not on their iPads, you know? They have dinner with grown-ups and have to take their dishes in. They have a much better life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>George explained that \u201cthey kind of don\u2019t give a s*** about fame\u201d in France, which eased his mind as a parent. \u201cI was worried about raising our kids in L.A. \u2026 I don\u2019t want them to be walking around worried about paparazzi. I don\u2019t want them being compared to somebody else\u2019s famous kids,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump has plenty to say about George Clooney\u2018s new life as a French citizen. \u201cGood 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2218893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003],"class_list":["post-2218892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Donald-Trump-Slams-George-Clooney-After-Actor-Details-Past-Friendship.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2218892"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2218894,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218892\/revisions\/2218894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2218893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2218892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2218892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2218892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}