George Clooney sent a holiday season warning to the U.S. economy in December 2025: your wealthy citizens aren’t so impressed by all that American Dream stuff anymore. In France, where he and his family had just gotten citizenship, “they kind of don’t give a s— about fame,” he told Esquire. He added that he wanted his kids away from “the culture of Hollywood … walking around worried about paparazzi” or “being compared to somebody else’s famous kids.”
He’s not alone.
Six in 10 affluent Americans say they would consider leaving the United States within the next five years — a striking signal of eroding confidence at the very top of the income ladder.
