Trump takes swipe at Clooney and France after actor gets citizenship
US president mocks film star as the French government defends granting citizenship to George and Amal Clooney
US President Donald Trump piled on criticism Wednesday of a decision to grant Hollywood superstar George Clooney French passports after a junior government official in Paris labelled the move a “double standard”.
An official decree on Monday showed that 64-year-old Oscar winner Clooney, his wife Amal Alamuddin Clooney and their two children had become French citizens.
Trump, whose administration has backed anti-immigration parties in Europe, said that Paris was welcome to the Ocean’s Eleven star, a long-term Democratic supporter, fundraiser and a vocal critic of the president.
“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,” Trump said on his Truth Social network.
The news of Clooney and his family becoming French comes ahead of language requirements for citizenship being toughened for everyone else under new immigration rules from January 1.