George Clooney’s New Way to Criticize Trump: Branding Him a “Hollywood Elitist”

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George Clooney found a new way to criticize President Donald Trump — he called him a “Hollywood elitist.”

In an interview with French channel Canal+, Clooney said that Meryl Streep “had every right to speak up” at the Golden Globes and commented on Trump’s own role in Hollywood.

“When Meryl spoke, everyone on that one side said, ‘Well that’s elitist Hollywood speaking.’ Donald Trump has 22 acting credits in television. He collects $120,000 a year in his Screen Actors Guild pension fund. He is a Hollywood elitist,” Clooney said.

“Steve Bannon is a failed film writer and director,” continued Clooney. “That’s the…