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The Hollywood actor is a prominent donor to the Democratic Party in the United States. In recent years, that has regularly led to criticism from President Trump, who has called him a “second-rate movie star,” among other things. According to Clooney, it didn’t bother him much. “It’s not my job to keep the President of the United States happy.”

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[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 11 hours ago

His children would have a good life anywhere. The joys of being incredibly famous and wealthy.

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 hours ago

In France they want be brainwashed into believing in White Jesus

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 36 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

“It’s not my job to keep the President of the United States happy.”

That's Jeffery Epstein's job

[–] Dremor@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)
[–] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 30 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Anyone would have a better life in France instead of the US but good for him. Glad to see there’s still some backbone in Hollywood.

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[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Wish I had the money to escape the United States too

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[–] oce@jlai.lu 9 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

I, for one, welcome them to jlai.lu.

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 37 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I'm a regular guy who saved up for years while studying another language and gtfo of the US. It's an option.

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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 136 points 1 day ago (12 children)

ITT: people not realizing his wife was born in Lebanon. Are they safer than your average non-pure-white family? Absolutely. But they have legitimate reasons to be scared.

Also apparently she's a human rights lawyer so she's bound to have pissed off republicans one way or another already.

[–] Geobloke@aussie.zone 89 points 1 day ago (1 children)

She was a key part of the team prosecuting the war crimes case against Israel

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 53 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah I get hating rich people, because fuck inequality, that's true, but the Clooneys seem like pretty decent people to me as far as rich celebrities are concerned.

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[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 6 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

My family has been in that area he's moved to for a couple generations. It's really nice and it's the south, but it's very far away from the busy/fancy parts of the côte d'azur. I can definitely see why they'd choose going there. The only downside to this whole region is it votes pretty right wing and you can sometimes feel it in conversations with the locals, but since I'm sure they're still pretty insulated they probably don't feel that.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

But he still keeps his US citizenship? Or did he give it up?

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Probably not. Wealthy people like him have to pay an exit tax on their unrealized gains when they renounce their US citizenship

[–] LaSirena@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Wait, what? He has to pay the US government on potential taxable income he might have made and owed to the government if he were still a citizen? That doesn't seem fair. Even if we weren't talking about a movie star. I don't want to pay the government when I divorce them for my new country.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I thought everybody had to pay.

[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 3 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

US accepts dual citizenship so I doubt he gave it up.

[–] Flipper@feddit.org 3 points 11 hours ago

A lot of German banks don't want to deal with the hassle of a us dual citizen. Don't know if it's the same with french banks. But that could be another reason to give it up.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

He could have saved a bit of taxes.

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[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 300 points 1 day ago (15 children)

The American dream is now to escape America.

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[–] Breezy@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wtf is wrong with these comments. Is lemmy full of hate bots now aswell?

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trump has won twice, and you still blame "bots".

It's people. Just people.

[–] Breezy@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

God i know but i want them to be bots.

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