George Clooney in an interview with The New York Times referred to President Trump
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Times reporter Kyle Buchanan spoke to Clooney about his film “The Midnight Sky”, the first in almost five years, and asked what he thinks of Biden’s next presidency.
Buchanan noted that Biden said he will be able to cross the hall as soon as Trump is gone and asked Clooney if he thought this was true.
“No, not about that. The world is different now. I mean, Ted Cruz
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Cruz, the Republican senator from Texas, fought with Trump during the 2016 presidential primaries, when the president at one point insulted Cruz’s wife and at another suggested that Cruz’s father was involved in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
“Each of these guys has aspirations for bigger things – Marco Rubio
Marco Antonio Rubio DeWine says Ohio teachers and school officials will be the next group to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Nicolle Wallace asks Chris Christie if he is trying to ‘clean up Trump’s stink’ before 2024 Federal Bureau of Prisons revokes prisoner COVID-19 vaccine retention MORE, Ted Cruz, Mike Pence
Michael (Mike) Richard PenceEsquire names Jake Tapper ‘The King of Truth’ in 2020 Trump attacks Thune: ‘He will take precedence in 2022’ Birx says he will help Biden’s team, but plans to retire MORE, all of them, ”said Clooney. “They think people are going to travel with them because, ‘I stayed with you, Don’, but the truth is, they are not going. They stay with Donald because Donald, despite all his immense problems as a human being, is a charismatic carnival barker. “
Buchanan noted that in the new Clooney film, there is a scene in which Clooney’s character says to a girl, “Never take it off, no matter what,” noting that wearing a mask has gained very different connotations since Clooney made the film. .
“The idea of politicizing things like that is crazy,” said Clooney. “If Trump came up early and said, ‘We are all going to wear masks because it is the right thing to do and it will save a lot of lives’, the whole country would have been left behind and he would have been reelected. But he thought it would affect his economy, then decided to say it didn’t exist. And now we will have 350,000 dead. “
In an interview last week with Howard Stern, Clooney spoke to those who refuse to wear a mask to comply with public health guidelines, saying, “Just put on a shit mask.”
“That thought that everyone is like, ‘Well, it’s my freedom.’ It’s like, this is not how this shit works, idiot, “Clooney told Stern.
Towards the end of the interview, Buchanan asked if Clooney would make a career change similar to Trump’s, moving from being a celebrity to entering politics.
Clooney, who has donated to Democratic politicians and served in causes for years, replied: “That would be fun, wouldn’t it? Wow, what a great way to spend the last third of my life, trying to make deals with people who have no intention of doing Business. “