{UAH} OBAMA KNEW IN ADVANCE OF GEORGE CLOONEY'S BOMBSHELL BUT DIDN'T OBJECT

Obama knew in advance of George Clooney’s bombshell call for Biden to drop out — but didn’t object

By Social Links forEmily Crane

Published July 11, 2024, 6:56 a.m. ET

Former President Barack Obama was given a heads-up but didn’t object to Oscar-winning actor George Clooney’s bombshell call for President Biden to drop out of the 2024 race, a new report says.

The Hollywood A-lister had called Obama in advance to warn him he was going to make the call in an op-ed published in the New York Times on Wednesday, sources told Politico.

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President Biden with former President Barack Obama onstage during a campaign fundraiser at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on June 15, 2024.AFP via Getty Images

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Hollywood A-lister George Clooney had called Obama in advance to warn him he was going to make the call in an op-ed published in the New York Times on Wednesday, sources told Politico.Getty Images

The ex-president didn’t encourage Clooney to make the remarks, but didn’t try to stop him, either, the sources added.

Clooney, who co-hosted a Biden fundraiser in Los Angeles that brought in some $30 million less than a month earlier, had declared in the piece that the Democratic incumbent “cannot win” following his train-wreck debate performance.

“It’s devastating to say it, but the Joe Biden I was with three weeks ago at the fundraiser was not the Joe ‘big F-ing deal’ Biden of 2010,” Clooney said of the 81-year-old commander-in-chief.

“He wasn’t even the Joe Biden of 2020. He was the same man we all witnessed at the debate.”

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The ex-president didn’t encourage Clooney to make the remarks, but didn’t try to stop him, either, the sources added.Getty Images

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Former President Barack Obama watching an exhibition basketball game between the United States and Canada on July 10, 2024, in Las Vegas.AP

Clooney, 63, and Obama, 62, who are friendly, both attended the fundraiser. 

Obama’s team declined to comment about the claims that he didn’t push back on Clooney’s remarks.

Meanwhile, the 44th president was spotted Wednesday night smiling courtside at an exhibition basketball game in Las Vegas between Canada and the US, ahead of the Paris Olympic Games.

The bombshell report comes after Jon Favreau, one of Obama’s former advisers who was among those dubbed the “Obama bros” during his administration, echoed Clooney’s concerns, telling CNN that Biden’s debate performance “was not surprising to any of us who were at the fundraiser.”

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The report comes after Jon Favreau, one of Obama’s former advisers who was among those dubbed the “Obama bros” during his administration, echoed Clooney’s concerns.Candice Ward-USA TODAY Sports

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President Biden during the welcome ceremony of the NATO summit in Washington, DC, on July 10, 2024.Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

“I was there,” Favreau said. “Clooney was exactly right, and every single person I talked to at the fundraiser thought the same thing, except for the people working for Joe Biden, or at least they didn’t say that.”

“I remember my wife, Emily, turned to me after the fundraiser and said, ‘What are we going to do?’ And I said, ‘Well, there is a debate in a week. Either he’ll do well in the debate, and we’ll think he was just tired because he flew all the way back from Europe, and that’ll be that, or he’ll be like this at the debate and then the whole country will be talking about it.’ So, here we are.”

Clooney — a staunch Democrat — took a similar stance in his op-ed, bluntly declaring: “We are not going to win in November with this president.”

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(From left) George Clooney, President Biden, Julia Roberts and former President Barack Obama pose at a campaign fundraiser in June 2024.X/Chris Jackson

“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. Every single one, irrespective of what he or she is saying publicly,” the “Syriana” star said. 

So far, only eight House Democrats have publicly called for Biden to end his 2024 campaign, with others — including Obama — standing firmly behind the president or opting for a wait-and-see-approach.

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Eight House Democrats have publicly called for Biden to end his 2024 campaign, with others — including Obama — standing firmly behind the president or opting for a wait-and-see-approach.Getty Images

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Biden presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 3, 2024.AFP via Getty Images

“The dam has broken. We can put our heads in the sand and pray for a miracle in November, or we can speak the truth,” Clooney added.

“I love Joe Biden. As a senator. As a vice president and as president. I consider him a friend, and I believe in him. Believe in his character. Believe in his morals,” the actor continued. 

“But the one battle he cannot win is the fight against time. None of us can.” 

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