Overview
- George Clooney responded to President Donald Trump’s Truth Social broadside by saying, “I totally agree with the current president… We have to make America great again. We’ll start in November,” a remark widely read as a nod to the 2026 midterms.
- Trump had mocked the Clooneys’ newly confirmed French citizenship in a Dec. 31 post, deriding their politics and Clooney’s film career while attacking France over immigration and crime.
- France’s Foreign Ministry said the Clooneys met eligibility under a civil code pathway for those who contribute to France’s cultural and economic influence, and Interior Minister Laurent Nunez called the naturalization a benefit to the country.
- Junior interior ministry minister Marie-Pierre Vedrenne criticized the move as sending the wrong message about fairness, underscoring a domestic debate in France over high-profile naturalizations.
- The naturalization was formalized in late December via the Journal officiel; the Clooneys have lived in Provence since 2021, and Clooney has cited France’s stronger privacy protections for children as a key motivation.