Donald Trump Blasts George Clooney Following ’60 Minutes’ Interview In Which Actor Talked Of Importance Of A Free Press
deadline.comAs comedians were joking about Donald Trump at the Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize on Sunday night, the president was fixated on a 60 Minutes segment about George Clooney.
The actor is starring on Broadway as Edward R. Murrow in an adaption of Good Night, and Good Luck. Trump wrote on Truth Social, “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 fought hard for Sleepy Joe’s election and then, right after the Debate, dumped him like a dog. Later, I assume under orders from the Obama camp, pushed all out for ‘Kamala,’ only to soon realize that that was not going to work out to well.” In the 60 Minutes segment, Clooney didn’t name Trump, but referred to the president’s attacks on the media.
That included Trump’s $20 billion defamation lawsuit against CBS over a 60 Minutes segment last year featuring an interview with Kamala Harris.
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