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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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[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 327 points 2 months ago (5 children)

The American dream is now to escape America.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 172 points 2 months ago (4 children)
[–] Damage@slrpnk.net 35 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 36 points 2 months ago

I got better

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[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (7 children)

It's harder than you think to renounce American citizenship.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 50 points 2 months ago

If you're brown, they'll do it for you

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[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 182 points 2 months ago (7 children)
[–] Klear@quokk.au 64 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] WaterSword@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 2 months ago

instance too

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 150 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Must be nice to have "Buy Myself French Citizenship" kind of money.

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 52 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He could do it for under $500K. He probably started the talent investor visa process during the 45 administration, as they take about 4 years to get approved.

Super easy for him to spin up some production company that makes 2 art movies a year, hire 3 French people he knows on 5-year contracts, and he's basically at the minimum requirements. If he's bought and invested more than a certain amount in a home as well, that also counts towards citizenship.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 76 points 2 months ago (2 children)

He could do it for under $500K.

Oh, is that all? Let me check my couch for loose change.

If he’s bought and invested more than a certain amount in a home as well, that also counts towards citizenship.

I'm sure he has a home in the South of France. Probably walking distance from the Cannes movie festival

[–] mjr@infosec.pub 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Home bought 2021, according to reports. Not long enough for the normal 5 year residency requirement, plus he's probably away lots. Looks fishy. Nice to be rich.

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[–] acchariya@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago (6 children)

You only need savings of about 1.5x the SMIC (minimum wage) - currently 1801.80€ monthly for 12 months and you can get a year visa. If you have enough the following year, you can renew. Do that four times and you can ask for a more or less permanent multi-year residency if you speak french by that time. So as you can see, you could probably sell a house in the US for a decent profit and invest time enough to gain French residency without needing George Clooney money.

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[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 months ago

Probably cheaper than a “Trump Card”

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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 145 points 2 months ago (13 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 98 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 59 points 2 months ago (5 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.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

He for sure has too much money(Google said $500 mill) but he’s small time compared to the richest and the corporations that are doing the most damage to the future. I doubt more than a few folks interested in eating the rich are champing at the bit to get at Clooney.

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[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 111 points 2 months ago (16 children)

If you’re NOT on a government watch list by now, you should be ashamed of yourself.

[–] acme401@lemmy.world 65 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you're posting history of the last 6 years doesn't get you on a list, I don't want to be your friend.

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[–] VaalaVasaVarde@sopuli.xyz 109 points 2 months ago (3 children)

And they still let him in after that Louvre heist?!

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

Ocean’s 14 is about to be authentic as fuck

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[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 99 points 2 months ago (2 children)

They're rich. His children will be fine wherever they are.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 75 points 2 months ago

Says something when even rich people are better off elsewhere.

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[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 48 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Having more money than you could spend in your lifetime buys you options not available to most people, news at 11.

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[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 47 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

That's Jeffery Epstein's job

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[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago (10 children)

Wish I had the money to escape the United States too

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[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 40 points 2 months 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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[–] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 37 points 2 months ago (5 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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[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 31 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Don't you mean French actor Le George Clooney?

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[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Ok, but how is this World news?

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It vaguely involves a non US country

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[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 2 months ago

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

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 months ago (13 children)

So glad to hear that his unimaginably privileged kids will be better off in France. I think they would probably do pretty damn well just about anywhere. Hell, I'd move to France too if I could do so in a financially sustainable way (spoiler, I don't think I could).

[–] insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

I think that's the point. They could be anywhere and they choose not USA.

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[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 21 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Tina Turner did it before it was cool.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Mark Twain, Mary Cassatt, James McNeill Whistler, Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ezra Pound, Henry Miller, Josephine Baker, Alexander Calder, Man Ray, Stuart Davis, James Baldwin, Richard Wright, Beauford Delaney, Kay Sage, Joan Mitchell, Ellsworth Kelly, Sam Francis, Alexander Archipenko, and Edmonia Lewis all did it before it was cool.

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[–] Breezy@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

It's people. Just people.

[–] Breezy@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

God i know but i want them to be bots.

[–] Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

I lived in France for two years and he's absolutely right.

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