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.
