George Clooney claims it's frightening time to be in news business because of Trump

Actor George Clooney revealed it's a scary time to be a news person under President Donald Trump's administration during an interview on Wednesday Clooney explained CNN's Anderson Cooper that the bulk news organizations are under fire by the Trump administration and that Cooper and CBS' Minutes have been specifically picked out While the actor expressed concerns about the current state of the country he did push back on Cooper's assertion that America is currently at its worst SETH MEYERS SKIPS ASKING GEORGE CLOONEY ABOUT BIDEN'S MENTAL DECLINE NOT RECOGNIZING HIM AT FUNDRAISING EVENT I can make an argument that we re not I can make an argument that we ve had much worse times in our history You know every city in the United States was burning and there was National Guard was surrounding the White House and the Capitol and we d lost Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy and Tet Offensive he stated Clooney continued vocalizing his concerns about the Trump administration's alleged attack on news organizations But it's a frustrating time and I think a scary time for a multitude of people It's a scary time to be a news person to be in your profession You've been picked out you know Minutes has been picked out The majority news organizations are under fire he noted That usually happens with demagogues in a way It usually is a way of the first places you attack are the news because that s how we inform ourselves Cooper followed up by asking the actor if he believes that Trumpism will last following the current president's term I don t think so Clooney replied I think it d be very hard to do it Remember this Donald Trump is a celebrity That s what he is I mean he has a star on Hollywood Boulevard I don t have a star on Hollywood Boulevard I m not lobbying for one I m just saying CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST MEDIA AND WAY OF LIFE NEWSHe continued by noting that while Trump is charming and multiple of the people who promotion him find him funny another large portion of Americans do not And so when he is finished and he will be finished they re going to have to go looking for someone who can deliver the message that he delivered with the same kind of charisma And they don't have that he explained of the Republican Party Later in the interview Cooper urged Clooney whether he's worried about Trump personally targeting him Sure Everybody worries about it he responded But you know if you spend your life worrying about things then you won't do things You know we have like everybody a family and we have a life and we try to you know live and do things as the best example for our kids And I want to be able to look at my kids in the eye and say where we stood and what we did at certain times in history And I have no difficulty with that