George Clooney had a lot to say about the US president on 60 Minutes, and as expected, Trump didn\u2019t hold back, dubbing the Ocean\u2019s Eleven actor \u201ca second rate movie \u2018star\u2019 and failed politician pundit.\u201dDuring his appearance on the TV program that aired Sunday, Clooney warned Americans about the government\u2019s increasing encroachment on journalism, an opinion Trump didn\u2019t seem to be happy about. Clooney has been promoting his newest project, the Broadway production of Good Night and Good Luck, a movie he originally wrote and directed in 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It follows the life of journalist Edward R. Murrow, who is targeted by Sen. Joseph McCarthy during the anti-communist Red Scare of the 1950s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen the other three estates fail, when the judiciary and the executive and the legislative branches fail us, the fourth estate has to succeed,\u201d Clooney said, referring to the press as to the fourth estate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cABC has just settled a lawsuit with the Trump administration. And CBS News is in the process\u2026 We\u2019re seeing this idea of using government to scare or fine or use corporations to make journalists smaller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGovernments don\u2019t like the freedom of the press. They never have. And that goes for whether you are a conservative or a liberal or whatever side you\u2019re on,\u201d the actor added. \u201cThey don\u2019t like the press.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump took to Truth Social to criticize Clooney, accusing him of supporting Biden and then \u201cdumping him like a dog,\u201d referring to Clooney\u2019s op-ed published in the New York Times in which he asked from Biden to step down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLater, I assume under orders from the Obama camp, pushed all out for \u2018Kamala,\u2019 only to soon realize that this was not going to work out too well,\u201d Trump continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can see the full 60 Minutes interview with George Clooney below.<\/p>\n