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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 324 points 1 week ago (5 children)

The American dream is now to escape America.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 171 points 1 week ago (4 children)
[–] Damage@slrpnk.net 34 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago

I got better

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[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (7 children)

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

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago

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

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[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 183 points 1 week ago (7 children)
[–] Klear@quokk.au 63 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] WaterSword@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 1 week ago

instance too

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 151 points 1 week ago (4 children)

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

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 51 points 1 week 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 77 points 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago

Probably cheaper than a “Trump Card”

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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 145 points 1 week 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 97 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 58 points 1 week 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 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 112 points 1 week 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 1 week 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 108 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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

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[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 101 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 75 points 1 week ago

Says something when even rich people are better off elsewhere.

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[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 48 points 1 week 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 46 points 1 week 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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[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 44 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Being rich must be so nice.

[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago

Poor be fucked is the American way.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 42 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Wish I had the money to escape the United States too

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[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 40 points 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago (2 children)

Don't you mean French actor Le George Clooney?

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[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ok, but how is this World news?

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It vaguely involves a non US country

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

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago (5 children)

Tina Turner did it before it was cool.

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

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

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

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

It's people. Just people.

[–] Breezy@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

God i know but i want them to be bots.

[–] Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

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

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Lemmy in a fucking nutshell: Fuck these rich people!

Also lemmy, missed the entire fucking point.

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