Governance failure

Trump vs. Clooney — Definitely Not a President, Trump is still acting like a spoiled celebrity

Trump vs. Clooney — Definitely Not a President, Trump is still acting like a spoiled celebrity

Donald Trump opened 2026 not with governance, diplomacy, or institutional repair, but with the juvenile theatrics of celebrity combat. On New Year’s Eve, he unleashed a Truth Social rant against George Clooney and Amal Clooney for relocating to France and acquiring French citizenship with their two children—an act Trump framed as ideological treason rather than a private choice. He branded them “two of the worst political prognosticators of all time,” recycled xenophobic tropes about immigration and crime, and resurrected his personal vendetta against Joe Biden, Kamala Harris—mockingly misspelled as “Jamala(K!)”—and Democratic governors Tim Walz and Gavin Newsom. At the center…
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