George Clooney has responded to Donald Trump’s jibe regarding the actor’s acquisition of French citizenship.

The 64-year-old Oscar-winning actor made his remarks following a lengthy New Year’s Eve post by the former President, which targeted Clooney and his wife, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney.

Trump had previously criticized Clooney, dismissing him as an “average guy” who frequently complained about political common sense, in light of the couple obtaining French citizenship.

In a statement given to The Hollywood Reporter, Clooney remarked, “I completely agree with the current president. We need to make America great again.”

The statement concluded with, “We’ll start in November,” a nod to the U.S. midterm elections set for November 3.

The couple were seen looking smiley and smitten during a romantic outing in the South of France at the start of last month. 

George Clooney fired back at President Donald Trump after he mocked the actor for obtaining French citizenship; pictured in November 2025

Trump previously called Clooney an ‘average guy’ who ‘complained constantly about common sense in politics’ after the From Dusk Till Dawn star and his wife secured French citizenship; pictured in December 2025

In his original New Year’s Eve post, Trump slammed the couple for becoming French citizens. 

‘Good News! George and Amal Clooney, two of the worst political prognosticators of all time, have officially become citizens of France which is, sadly, in the midst of a major crime problem because of their absolutely horrendous handling of immigration, much like we had under Sleepy Joe Biden,’ he wrote.

‘Remember when Clooney, after the now infamous debate, dumped Joe during a fundraiser, only to go onto the side of another stellar candidate, Jamala(K!), who is now fighting it out with the worst governor in the Country, including Tim Waltz, Gavin Newscum, for who is going to lead the Democrats to their future defeat,’ he continued.

Then, Trump referred to Clooney as ‘average’ and said the actor makes ‘totally mediocre’ films. 

‘Clooney got more publicity for politics than he did for his very few, and totally mediocre, movies,’ he wrote.

‘He wasn’t a movie star at all, he was just an average guy who complained, constantly, about common sense in politics. 

In late December, it was revealed that Clooney and his British-Lebanese wife received their French passports, joining their eight-year-old twins Alexander and Ella, in officially becoming French citizens.

Clooney, a politically outspoken liberal, previously cited the country’s privacy laws as one of the reasons why he and his wife decided to raise their children in France.

On December 30, 2025 — just one day before Trump’s New Year’s Eve rant while hosting a gala at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida — Clooney discussed his past relationship with Trump in an interview with Variety. 

Trump’s lengthy post about Clooney’s new citizenship on Truth Social on New Year’s Eve

The award-winning actor, 64, shared his response after the president’s comments about Clooney and his wife, human rights attorney Amal Clooney; pictured in December 2023

In his original New Year’s Eve post, Trump slammed Clooney and his wife Amal for becoming citizens of France; pictured in October 2024

In his statement, Clooney said: ‘I totally agree with the current president. We have to make America great again. We’ll start in November’; pictured in October 2025

Trump had referred to Clooney as ‘average’ and said the actor makes ‘totally mediocre’ films in his rant; pictured in December 2025

‘I knew him very well. He used to call me a lot, and he tried to help me get into a hospital once to see a back surgeon. I’d see him out at clubs and at restaurants. He’s a big goofball. Well, he was. That all changed.’ 

At one point during the interview, he shared his thoughts about TV networks ABC and CBS settling the lawsuits Trump had filed against them. 

‘If CBS and ABC had challenged those lawsuits and said, “Go f*** yourself,” we wouldn’t be where we are in the country. That’s simply the truth.’  

In July 2025, Paramount, the corporate parent of CBS News, agreed to pay Trump $16 million after the President sued the network over the editing of a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris during the 2024 election. 

Six months earlier, ABC had opted to hand over $15 million to Trump’s foundation to settle the lawsuit over how George Stephanopoulos characterized the President’s alleged sexual assault of E Jean Carroll. 

The networks were largely criticized for settling in Trump’s lawsuits, which some have called ‘meritless,’ in what appeared to be an attempt to curry favor with the current administration rather than stand up for press freedom.

He also expressed concern over how CBS News coverage has changed since David Ellison became Paramount’s new owner and installed conservative commentator Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief last year.

On December 30, 2025 — just one day before Trump’s New Year’s Eve rant while hosting a gala at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida — Clooney discussed his past relationship with Trump in an interview with Variety; pictured in October 2025

At one point during the interview, he shared his thoughts about TV networks ABC and CBS settling in the lawsuits Trump had filed against them. ‘If CBS and ABC had challenged those lawsuits and said, “Go f*** yourself,” we wouldn’t be where we are in the country. That’s simply the truth’; pictured in October 2025

‘Bari Weiss is dismantling CBS News as we speak,’ he told Variety. ‘I’m worried about how we inform ourselves and how we’re going to discern reality without a functioning press.’ 

About the current state of affairs in the US, he drew parallels to his 2005 historical drama film and play, Good Night, and Good Luck, which is set in the 1950s and follows CBS News anchor Edward R Murrow (David Strathairn) and his longtime friend-producer Fred Friendly (Clooney).

He recited something Murrow said: ‘”Let’s not confuse dissent with disloyalty.” I mean, what a beautiful statement about who we are at our best. But all too often we fall short.’ 

‘It’s a very trying time,’ he said. ‘It can depress you or make you very angry. But you have to find the most positive way through it. You have to put your head down and keep moving forward because quitting isn’t an option.’ 

He co-wrote the screenplay with Grant Haslov and directed the film, making his Broadway debut last summer.