‘A second-rate movie star and failed political pundit’: Donald Trump criticises George Clooney after comments on press freedom
Trump was responding to Clooney’s call to defend press freedoms while promoting his new stage version of Good Night, and Good Luck
Donald Trump has taken aim at the actor and prominent Democrat activist George Clooney, dismissing his interview on US TV news programme 60 Minutes as a “total puff piece”.
The Oscar-winning star was the subject of Sunday’s show to promote his Broadway debut, in a stage version of the film Good Night, and Good Luck, in which he plays veteran journalist Edward R Murrow, who took part in a historic TV showdown with Senator Joseph McCarthy.
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