{"id":11505,"date":"2025-04-23T14:04:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T14:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=11505"},"modified":"2025-04-23T14:04:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T14:04:49","slug":"on-60-minutes-george-clooney-slams-trump-but-the-president-doesnt-back-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=11505","title":{"rendered":"On 60 Minutes, George Clooney slams Trump, but the president doesn\u2019t back down."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trump didn\u2019t hold back when George Clooney talked about the US president on 60 Minutes. He called the Ocean\u2019s Eleven actor \u201ca second-rate movie \u201cstar\u201d and failed politician pundit.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"avrmz69f490783fce3\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.avrmz69f490783fce3 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.avrmz69f490783fce3 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.avrmz69f490783fce3 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.avrmz69f490783fce3 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.avrmz69f490783fce3 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p>During his interview on the Sunday TV show, Clooney warned Americans that the government was getting more involved in journalism, which Trump didn\u2019t seem to agree with.<\/p>\n<div id=\"quads-ad28933\" class=\"quads-location quads-ad28933 \" data-lazydelay=\"3000\">\n<div data-widget-host=\"revcontent\" data-pub-id=\"196472\" data-widget-id=\"286099\" data-widget-rendered=\"true\">\n<div class=\"sbn-widget-container\" data-nosnippet=\"true\">\n<div class=\"sbn-widget-container rc-uid-286099 rc-widget-container rc-desktop\">\n<div class=\"sbn-widget-body rc-widget-body\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"rc-item\">\n<div class=\"sbn-native-item  rc-sponsored\">\n<p>The Broadway version of Clooney\u2019s first movie, Good Night and Good Luck, which came out in 2005, has been getting a lot of attention.<\/p>\n<p>It tells the story of Edward R. 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When the judiciary, the executive, and the legislative fail us.\u201d He was talking about the press as the fourth estate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cABC just reached a settlement with the Trump administration in a lawsuit.\u201d And CBS News is doing it\u2026 There\u2019s this idea that the government or businesses could be used to scare or fine media and make them less important.<\/p>\n<div id=\"quads-ad41460\" class=\"quads-location quads-ad41460 \" data-lazydelay=\"3000\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1742614249047-0\" data-google-query-id=\"CLb089nD54wDFduJgwcdQzQfeA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/22982497132\/articles-p515_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe press shouldn\u2019t be free,\u201d the government said. They have never. 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