George Clooney has been a notable and longstanding supporter of the Democratic Party. In July 2024, he published an influential op-ed in the New York Times, urging then-U.S. President Joe Biden to step back as the Democratic nominee following Biden’s poor performance in a TV debate with Trump. Less than two weeks later, Biden exited the race.
Trump referenced this incident in his post, mocking Clooney’s political judgment. “Remember when Clooney … 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,” he wrote.
The fundraiser mentioned by Trump was hosted by Clooney in support of Biden’s campaign. According to a book by two U.S. journalists, Biden did not recognize the actor at the event.
Trump continued his criticism by belittling Clooney’s film career. “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 wrote.
According to Clooney, he and Trump have known each other since before Trump’s political career. In a BBC interview in 2021, after Trump’s first and before his second term, Clooney remarked about Trump: “He was just this knucklehead … He was just a guy, who was chasing girls … that’s all he was.”
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