December 31, 2025

There are some people who are "all in," when it suits them. Like George Clooney and his barrister wife.

His wife was very vocal about indicting Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu for war crimes after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023. George had no problem throwing Joe under the bus for his mental incompetence...years after Joe was incompetent. Before that he said Joe was sharp as a tack.

But as Thomas Paine so aptly said in the American Crisis, during the final, dire days of the American Revolution, "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country. But he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman."

George and Amal care so much about their country, they have applied for and been granted French citizenship. They're moving to their estate in Provence. To avoid the paparazzi. Just like Rosie and Ellen, they can criticize the country that gave them so much, but they won't stick around to protect it. They just cut and run, these Summer soldiers and sunshine patriots.

Hang tough.