George Clooney Once Saw Donald Trump as a ‘Big Goofball’
George Clooney and Donald Trump have clashed multiple times in recent years. Before Trump got into politics, Clooney said they had a friendly relationship for many years. For Clooney, Trump’s political ambitions were a friendship-ender.
George Clooney and Donald Trump were once friends
Clooney and Trump were in similar circles, and the actor said they got along well.
“I knew him very well,” Clooney told Variety. “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 said he liked Trump, but believes he’s changed a great deal.
“He’s a big goofball,” he said. “Well, he was. That all changed.”
George Clooney has repeatedly criticized Donald Trump
Trump’s politics soured the once-friendly relationship between himself and Clooney. He has consistently supported Democratic politicians.
“He’s just an opportunist,” Clooney told The Guardian during Trump’s first presidential campaign. “Now he’s a fascist; a xenophobic fascist.”
When Clooney published an op-ed in the New York Times encouraging Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race.
“So now fake movie actor George Clooney, who never came close to making a great movie, is getting into the act,” Trump wrote in a Post. “He’s turned on Crooked Joe like the rats they both are.”
Trump told Clooney to get out of politics. Clooney responded to say that he would if Trump did.
Most recently, Clooney condemned Trump’s Truth Social post about Iran in which he wrote that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”
“Some say Donald Trump is fine. But if anyone says he wants to end a civilisation, that’s a war crime,” Clooney said in a speech to students in Italy. “You can still support the conservative point of view, but there must be a line of decency, and we must not cross it.”
The White House recently insulted Clooney’s acting
In response to Clooney’s remarks, White House communications director Steven Cheung told The Independent that “The only person committing war crimes is George Clooney for his awful movies and terrible acting ability.”
Clooney fired back at Cheung’s statement shortly afterward.
“Families are losing their loved ones,” he told Deadline. “Children have been incinerated. The world’s economy is on a knife-edge. This is a time for vigorous debate at the highest levels. Not for infantile name-calling.”
He responded by defining “war crime” and demanding to know how the White House could defend the post.
“I’ll start. A war crime is alleged ‘when there is intent to physically destroy a nation,’ as defined by the Genocide Convention and the Rome Statute. What is the administration’s defense? [besides calling me a failed actor which I happily agree with having starred in Batman and Robin?].”
