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Clooney responds after White House mocks his acting
Clooney said Trump’s threat to destroy Iran crossed a legal line as the White House mocked his acting in response.
- On Wednesday, actor George Clooney accused President Donald Trump of committing a "war crime" while addressing 3,000 high school students in Cuneo, Italy, condemning Trump's threat that a "whole civilization will die."
- President Trump wrote on Truth Social Tuesday that a "whole civilization will die tonight" if Iran failed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, prompting global alarm and subsequent ceasefire negotiations.
- White House Communications Director Steven Cheung attacked Clooney's acting on X, calling his work "awful," prompting the actor to demand "vigorous debate at the highest levels" instead of "infantile name-calling."
- Clooney cited the Genocide Convention and Rome Statute, arguing a war crime is alleged "when there is intent to physically destroy a nation," as the U.S. and Iran maintain a fragile two-week ceasefire.
- This exchange reflects an ongoing feud between Trump and Clooney; the actor also expressed concerns that dismantling NATO would undermine global security during the current crisis.
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Los Angeles (USA), 10 Apr (EFE).- The famous actor George Clooney attacked the President of the United States, Donald Trump, by calling “war crime” the threats of ending a civilization at the time when the ultimatum expired for Iran to reopen the Strait of Ormuz. “A war crime is alleged ‘when there is an intention to physically destroy a nation’, as defined by the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the Rome …
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George Clooney responds after Donald Trump's White House mocks his acting talents
George Clooney has urged the White House to stop "infantile name-calling" in the face of more serious matters. The 64-year-old star has responded after the White House criticised his acting abilities following a talk where he accused US President Donald Trump of war crimes. In a statemen...
Actor George Clooney called Donald Trump's Tuesday statement that "all civilization is going to die tonight" a war crime. The White House responded sarcastically, calling Clooney a war criminal "for his bad movies and acting skills."
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