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Donald Trump has lashed out at Hollywood star George Clooney after the Democratic mega-donor added his voice to the ongoing calls for President Joe Biden to drop out of the race for the White House.
“So now fake movie actor George Clooney, who never came close to making a great movie, is getting into the act,” the presumptive Republican presidential nominee fumed on Truth Social.
“He’s turned on Crooked Joe like the rats they both are. What does Clooney know about anything?… Clooney should get out of politics and go back to television. Movies never really worked for him!!!”
The star, a life-long Democrat, penned an an op-ed in The New York Times on Wednesday arguing that the party needs a new nominee, just a month after co-hosting a $28m fundraiser for the president.
Biden is set to give a major solo press conference on Thursday as part of the Nato summit in Washington DC marking the alliance’s 75th anniversary.
Campaign officials will also brief Senate Democrats in the afternoon to try to reassure them about the commander-in-chief’s ability to serve a second term, after influential ex-House speaker Nancy Pelosi made non-commital remarks about his future.
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Trump lashes out at ‘fake actor’ George Clooney after he calls on Biden to drop out of White House race
Donald Trump has lashed out at Hollywood star George Clooney after the Democratic mega-donor added his voice to the ongoing calls for President Joe Biden to drop out of the race for the White House.
“So now fake movie actor George Clooney, who never came close to making a great movie, is getting into the act,” the presumptive Republican presidential nominee fumed on Truth Social.
“He’s turned on Crooked Joe like the rats they both are. What does Clooney know about anything?… Clooney should get out of politics and go back to television. Movies never really worked for him!!!”
The star, a life-long Democrat, penned an an op-ed in The New York Times on Wednesday arguing that the party needs a new nominee, just a month after co-hosting a $28m fundraiser for the president.
Here’s Andrew Feinberg on Clooney’s reluctant but heartfelt call for change.
Joe Sommerlad11 July 2024 09:00
Who are the House Democrats who say Biden should step aside?
Despite attempting to dig himself out of the political crisis that has engulfed him since his debate debacle, Joe Biden appears to become more entrenched with every swipe of the shovel.
Thirteen House Democrats – eight publicly and at least five privately – have so far called on the president to drop out of the race for the White House, as of Wednesday.
Oliver O’Connell11 July 2024 08:30
Watch: The View host reacts to calls for Biden to step aside for younger generation
Oliver O’Connell11 July 2024 08:00
Biden’s medical record puts White House transparency under spotlight
On several occasions over the fortnight since the debate, the Oval Office has been forced to clear up discrepancies in comments, statements or facts put out only hours or days earlier.
James Liddell has the story.
Oliver O’Connell11 July 2024 07:30
Trump complains about bacon while airing his beef with Biden
Speaking at his Doral resort in Miami on Tuesday night, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee went on a bizarre rant about the rising cost of the favorite breakfast meat, blaming the price hike on inflation under the Biden administration.
Kelly Rissman reports on the latest claim from the purported billionaire.
Oliver O’Connell11 July 2024 05:30
Breaking: Biden to sit for NBC News interview on Monday
President Joe Biden will sit down with NBC News anchor Lester Holt for a one-on-one interview on Monday in Austin, Texas.
The full interview will air in its entirety at 9pm ET on NBC.
Oliver O’Connell11 July 2024 04:00
ICYMI: Pelosi gives cagey response when pressed on Biden’s re-election bid
Gustaf Kilander reports on her response.
Oliver O’Connell11 July 2024 03:30
‘Whomever we nominate’
Ritchie Torres, the Democratic rep of the Bronx in New York, says that the party has to proceed with “an unsentimental analysis of the cold hard numbers” in deciding how to proceed with “whomever we nominate” as the candidate in November’s election.
He does not mention Joe Biden at all.
”In determining how to proceed as a party, there must be a serious reckoning with the down-ballot effect of whomever we nominate,” Torres says.
“An unsentimental analysis of the cold hard numbers—which have no personal feelings or political loyalties—should inform what we decide and whom we nominate. If we’re going to choose a particular path, we should be clear-eyed about its consequences.”
Oliver O’Connell11 July 2024 03:00
Trump’s ‘flagrant lie’ that he doesn’t know anything about Project 2025 called out by Seth Meyers
More than a dozen former White House aides who worked for Trump, along with the Heritage Foundation, have masterminded a 900-page manifesto in a bid to “rescue the country from the grip of the radical left,” its website declares.
Project 2025, which vies to increase executive power, aims to place a conservative leader in office to execute its radical policies, such as a further crackdown on abortion rights.
Trump, however, says that he “knows nothing” about Project 2025, a claim the Late Night host was quick to contest.
James Liddel has the story.
Oliver O’Connell11 July 2024 02:30
Watch: Michael Douglas responds to George Clooney op-ed about Biden
“I think it’s a valid point. I mean, I’m deeply, deeply concerned. … It’s difficult because the Democrats have a big bench. I mean, they’ve got a lot of heavy hitters.”
Oliver O’Connell11 July 2024 02:00
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