2 weeks Ago By Hannah Furnell
Actor George Clooney aimed a rare compliment at President Donald Trump as he predicted the Republican Party's future during a new interview. The longtime Democrat , who recently made it clear he couldn’t care less what the president thinks of him , changed things up by commending Trump's charisma despite their longtime feud. Trump criticized the 63-year-old Oscar- winning actor for his New York Times opinion piece in which he called for Joe Biden to withdraw as the Democratic presidential nominee last year, going on to brand Clooney a “fake movie actor” on Truth Social.
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"[Republicans] don’t have anybody that’s as charismatic as him. He’s charismatic. There’s no taking that away from him.
He’s a television star," Clooney said. Clooney then predicted that Trump would "go away" while discussing the future of the GOP and compared him to other political figures. "We’ve done this before.
From President Jackson to [Joseph] McCarthy to this, the authoritarian, the demagogue, it goes away when they go away. And he will go away," he said. Clooney added, "We’ve been in much worse places.
The only thing that’s different is the source of information and how much and how many different sources. It’s the only thing that’s different. "But it’s not nearly as violent, even though it feels violent.
It’s not nearly as hopeless as it was at that moment in time." DON'T MISS..
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He also claimed he was forced to "tell the truth" in a bombshell op-ed calling for him to step down. The president quickly responded on Truth Social to blast Clooney and the role he played in Biden's demise. "Why would the now highly discredited 60 Minutes be doing a total 'puff piece' on George Clooney, a second-rate movie 'star' and failed political pundit," he wrote.
Clooney, who has been out promoting his Broadway debut as renowned journalist Edward R Murrow in Good Night and Good Luck, told CBS Mornings he is unfazed by Trump's criticism of him. "I don’t care," Clooney said. "I've known Donald Trump for a long time.
My job is not to please the President of the United States. My job is to try and tell the truth when I can and when I have the opportunity. "I am well aware of the idea that people will not like that.
.. people will criticise that.
Elon Musk has weighed in [about me]. That is their right. It’s my right to say the other side.
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