London: George Clooney has praised Joe Biden for being “selfless” by giving up power and pulling out of the 2024 US presidential race.
The lifelong Democrat and Hollywood actor, 62, called for 81-year-old Biden to step down amid the US president stumbling over his words when he faced Republican Donald Trump during a televised debate. He wrote in a New York Times opinion piece in July that he loves Biden but the party would lose the presidential race as well as any control in Congress with him as the nominee.
“This isn’t only my opinion; this is the opinion of every senator and congress member and governor that I’ve spoken with in private,” Clooney said. When asked about this moment, at a press conference at the Venice International Film Festival on Sunday, he said: “I never had to answer that question, so I suppose I’ll do it here.
“The person who should be applauded is the president who did the most selfless thing that anybody has done since [the first US president] George Washington, and that’s true.
“And so . all the machinations that got us there . none of that’s going to be remembered, and it shouldn’t be. What should be remembered is the selfless act of someone who . it’s very hard to let go of power, we know that, we’ve seen it, all around the world.” (DPA)
