French‑citizen actor George Clooney responded to President Donald Trump’s latest jabs by urging Americans to vote Republican leaders out of office in the 2026 midterm elections.
The dispute began when Clooney criticized Trump in a Variety interview released Monday, prompting Trump to fire back on Truth Social on New Year’s Eve. The former president mocked Clooney’s acting career and celebrated that Clooney and his wife, Amal, had become citizens of France.
“Good News! George and Amal Clooney, two of the worst political prognosticators of all time, have officially become citizens of France…,” Trump wrote, blaming French crime problems on the couple’s adopted country and attacking Clooney’s political commentary. Trump went on to call many of Clooney’s films “mediocre” and said he received more attention for his political views than his movie work.
In response, Clooney doubled down and made a clear political prediction: he believes Democrats will win back control of both the Senate and the House in 2026. “I totally agree with the current president,” Clooney said in a remark reported by Variety. “We have to make America great again. We’ll start in November.”
Trump’s commentary centered on Clooney’s box office track record, noting that many of his highest‑grossing films were ensemble casts rather than Clooney‑led projects. The president cited Gravity — which grossed $716 million — as more of a Sandra Bullock success, and said Clooney’s solo films rarely reached $100 million.
In his Variety interview, Clooney also criticized Trump’s economic record, claiming Americans are worse off financially than during former President Joe Biden’s tenure. He asserted that the economy seems more expensive and invoked immigration policies as examples of what he called “cruelty.”
Critics say Clooney’s economic claims ignore recent trends showing lower gasoline prices, moderating food costs, and increasing wages — developments supporters attribute to Trump’s policies after a period of higher inflation and slower growth under President Biden.
Clooney also claimed Trump’s popularity is “very low,” though public polling varies and some surveys show Trump’s approval steady or improving. The back‑and‑forth highlights how political and cultural figures continue to clash publicly as the 2026 elections approach.
