Trump Goes Off on ‘Backstabber’ George Clooney For Asking Biden to Step Aside: ‘Very Disloyal’

Former President Donald Trump slammed actor George Clooney as a “backstabber” for calling on Joe Biden to drop out of the election. As infighting among Democrats has escalated in recent weeks over Biden remaining in the race, Trumpworld has sent strong signals they hope Biden stays atop the ticket — presumably viewing him as their weakest November opponent.

Earlier this week, Clooney wrote an op-ed in The New York Times calling for Biden to step aside and allow Vice President Kamala Harris to take his place as the Democratic candidate this November. A growing number of Democrats have begun calling for Biden to bow out of the race following his poor performance in CNN’s debate last month.

Prior to writing the op-ed, Clooney hosted a fundraiser for the president where approximately $28 million was raised overnight for his campaign.

During an interview on The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, Trump claimed Clooney acted “very disloyal” by writing the opinion piece while referring to the Oscar-winning celebrity as a “third-rate actor.”

Below is a transcript of the exchange:

TRAVIS: Do you think Barack Obama is behind trying to push out Joe Biden at all? Do you follow kind of this palace intrigue? It’s really kind of wild. In the two weeks since you knocked him out in the debate. I mean, they have just spun completely out of control. And I’ve been reading that Barack Obama, George Clooney comes out and says, hey, you got to drop out. Can you believe how much of a dumpster fire they are right now?

TRUMP: Well, I thought George Clooney was very disloyal, because whether you like Biden or not, you know, he’s been nice to Clooney. I thought it was very disloyal. Backstabber. A third rate movie actor. He was a television actor and never made really a good movie. And, so he’s sort of third rate. He goes as a movie actor. Clark Gable, he’s not. And, you know, but I thought it was a great act of disloyalty.

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