President Donald Trump ripped CBS’ “60 Minutes” for its “puff piece” with George Clooney, who he deemed a “second rate” movie star who dumped Joe Biden “like a dog.”
President Donald Trump dismissed George Clooney’s interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” as a “puff piece” after the actor-director lodged criticisms at the commander-in-chief in between discussing his debut on Broadway.
“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”, Trump wrote on TRUTH Social. “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.”
Trump continued, “60 Minutes even fraudulently inserted Fake answers into her disastrous interview, aired just before Election Day, in one of the most embarrassing and dishonest events in broadcast history.”
“And now George Clooney again?” Trump asked. “His press agent should be making a fortune!!!”
Clooney, a lifelong Democrat who joined the chorus of those calling for former President Joe Biden to end his re-election campaign last summer, sat down with “60 Minutes” to talk about his debut on Broadway playing American journalist Edward R. Murrow in an adaptation of his 2005 film “Good Night, and Good Luck.” The play focuses on Murrow’s challenge to the McCarthy administration, a theme that Clooney argued mirrored what journalists are facing under Trump’s second term.
