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President Donald Trump says George Clooney and his wife Amal Clooney’s recent naturalization as French citizens is “good news.”
In a post on Truth Social on Wednesday, December 31, the 79-year-old president addressed recent reports that George, Amal, and eight-year-old twins Alexander and Ella have become naturalized French citizens.
“Good news! George and Amal Clooney, the worst political prophets of all time, are now officially French citizens. France is sadly in the midst of a major crime problem due to its absolutely terrible handling of immigration, just as it was under Sleepy Joe Biden’s administration,” Trump wrote.
In his post, Trump also referenced a July 2024 op-ed George wrote for the New York Times, calling for then-President Joe Biden to step down and allow Vice President Kamala Harris to seek the Democratic presidential nomination, following Biden’s performance in the June 2024 presidential debate that many deemed disastrous.
Trump continued, “Remember when Clooney dumped Joe during a fundraiser after the infamous debate and ended up siding with another good candidate, Jamara (K!), who is now running against some of the worst governors in the country, Tim Walz and Gavin Newcomb, who are likely to lead Democrats to defeat in the future.”
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He also claimed that “Clooney has gotten more attention for his politics than for a handful of completely mediocre films.”
“He wasn’t a movie star; he was just a regular guy who constantly complained about political norms,” Trump wrote in conclusion. “Let’s make America great again!”
Clooney’s latest film, “Jay Kelly,” was released in theaters and on Netflix in December and stars Clooney, another well-known actor, as the title character.
In a recent interview with Variety, Clooney addressed CBS News’ recent reconciliation with President Trump. The network agreed in July to pay Trump’s future presidential library $16 million to end a lawsuit in which Trump accused the network of deceptively editing former Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 campaign appearance on “60 Minutes.”
“If CBS and ABC had contested these lawsuits and said, ‘Do your thing,’ we wouldn’t be where we are in this country right now,” Clooney told the outlet. “That’s just the truth.”
He also spoke about knowing Trump before his political career began, describing the president as “a big goofball” and “a guy I knew very well.”
“I knew him very well,” Clooney says. “He used to call me, and once he tried to help me get to the hospital to see a hip surgeon. I used to meet him at clubs and restaurants. He was a very self-paced person. Well, he was. Everything changed.”
Clooney has long been a vocal critic of President Trump. In 2021, the actor said following the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol that Trump’s name would forever be relegated to the “trash bin of history.”
“That name will forever be associated with rebellion,” Clooney said at the time.
Amal has also been critical of Trump’s treatment of the press, arguing in 2019 that the president’s rhetoric has “made honest journalists around the world vulnerable to abuse.”
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George, Amal, and their two children currently live in France, one of the reasons being Clooney’s concern about “raising them in the culture of Los Angeles, Hollywood.” The couple acquired French citizenship in December 2025, according to a naturalization decree obtained by the French newspaper Journal officiel and viewed by PEOPLE.
“You know, we live on a farm in France. I grew up on a farm for a good part of my life, and as a kid I hated the whole idea of a farm,” George explained in an interview with GQ in October. “But now, for them, it’s like not having an iPad. They have to eat dinner with an adult and bring in their dishes. They have a much better life.”
