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Mon Mar 24, 2025, 12:11 PM Mar 2025

How pathetic: Now he goes after George Clooney following the "60 Minutes" story [View all]

Donald Trump Calls George Clooney a ‘Second Rate Movie Star’ After Clooney Calls Out the Government for Trying to ‘Make Journalists Smaller’: ‘They Don’t Like the Press’

The actor said on “60 Minutes” that the story’s focus on media responsibility and the clash between journalists and political figures could not be timelier.

“When the other three estates fail, when the judiciary and the executive and the legislative branches fail us, the fourth estate has to succeed,” Clooney said about journalism. “ABC has just settled a lawsuit with the Trump administration. And CBS News is in the process … We’re seeing this idea of using government to scare or fine or use corporations—to make journalists smaller.”

So now fake movie actor George Clooney, who never came close to making a great movie, is getting into the act,” Trump posted at the time. “He’s turned on Crooked Joe like the rats they both are. What does Clooney know about anything?…Clooney should get out of politics and go back to television. Movies never really worked for him!!!”

Clooney then responded to Trump’s post during an interview on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” by saying: “I will if he does. That’s a trade-off I’d do.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-calls-george-clooney-135233961.html

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Dude, poster boy of low self esteem BOSSHOG Mar 2025 #1
The rampant baby can not be criticized without the rump wanting to kill. rich7862 Mar 2025 #2
Baby King lashing out yet again. democrank Mar 2025 #3
Nothing Rebl2 Mar 2025 #30
Well, nominated for 8 Academy Awards, won 2 surfered Mar 2025 #4
Yeah, well, Trump has just won the Men's Championship at his golf course for the umpteenth time, so there's that. TheRickles Mar 2025 #13
Dapper Don..... SergeStorms Mar 2025 #17
trump needs to be encouraged to piss away time and effort on such things. Paladin Mar 2025 #5
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo damn TIRED of Orangeman. calimary Mar 2025 #6
This fact really depressed me to no end question everything Mar 2025 #18
It certainly can be discouraging. But our task is NOT to allow it to be that. calimary Mar 2025 #24
Says the TV reality actor Owens Mar 2025 #7
Clooney redemption tour is in full swing I see. live love laugh Mar 2025 #8
Clooney could win in '28. maxsolomon Mar 2025 #15
Great. You must be very happy with the way things are going then. live love laugh Mar 2025 #20
I'm not. maxsolomon Mar 2025 #23
He is just jealous of how good-looking Clooney is Nictuku Mar 2025 #9
Distraction. Meanwhile the Sec Def is sending war plans bronxiteforever Mar 2025 #10
So Clooney is now in the same category as Meryl Streep, in Dump's tiny little mind. Remember how he couldn't stand her? CTyankee Mar 2025 #11
Not successful?!? angrychair Mar 2025 #12
What is a sad, petty little man PatSeg Mar 2025 #14
"Second Rate Movie Star" SergeStorms Mar 2025 #16
Voight is a well respected actor Johonny Mar 2025 #22
I beg to differ, but..... SergeStorms Mar 2025 #25
It might be a blessing. The more time Fatfuk spends belittling others, Buns_of_Fire Mar 2025 #19
The petty tyrant is simply jealous of Clooney's success La Coliniere Mar 2025 #21
His wife, Amal, is a well respected human rights activist lawyer and knows a thing or two about international law Deuxcents Mar 2025 #27
Nah. Trump is envious of Clooney's good looks. riversedge Mar 2025 #28
Since Clooney was one of the people SocialDemocrat61 Mar 2025 #26
There is that. Polly Hennessey Mar 2025 #29
George Clooney will not keep quiet. milestogo Mar 2025 #31
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