Robert De Niro loses his cool when asked if Donald Trump will ‘give up power’ if he wins 2024 election
WASHINGTON, DC: Robert De Niro expressed his unfiltered anger toward Donald Trump while appearing on this week's edition of Max's series ‘Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?’
The veteran actor was asked by the host whether he thinks the 45th president would “give up power" if he wins the upcoming presidential race, as reported by OK! Magazine.
De Niro, without any hesitation, replied, “You know he won’t! You know he won’t! He even said it! He’s never going to give it up. And anybody who deludes themselves in thinking that he is, shame on you!”
Robert De Niro calls Donald Trump 'jerk'
Robert De Niro has always been a vocal critic of Donald Trump. Chris Wallace asked him if he had any interaction with Trump since they both lived in New York at the same time decades ago.
But 'The Irishman' star said, “No. I never wanted anything to do with him. He’s a jerk, an idiot, who wants to meet a clown like that. You’ve got to help everybody. People are going to get overlooked.”
The 81-year-old actor and film producer continued, “That happens, but at least you have somebody who’s sensitive to the condition of the country, the people. And I’m not saying this like this, because it’s Kamala Harris, but it is."
“We need someone like her to do it. She’ll make mistakes. Of course, everybody does, but we need somebody with the right intentions, this guy has does not have the right intentions, and everybody knows that. It’s insanity. Period."
De Niro said Trump was a "gangster".
"I don’t think that gangsters in that world would want — think much of him, because you in any… there’s honor among thieves. There’s honor in anything."
"If you don’t keep your word and do the right thing with people, no matter what profession you’re in, you are going to get ostracized. And in that world, it’s a little harder," he added.
Robert De Niro calls Donald Trump a ‘mean-spirited, awful thing’
However, this was not the first time Robert De Niro trashed Donald Trump.
In May, he went on ‘The View’, where he questioned people who still support the Republican leader.
“I don’t understand why people are not taking him seriously, because you read about it historically in other countries that they didn’t take the people seriously. I think of Hitler and Mussolini..." he stated, as reported by OK!
‘The Intern’ actor went on to explain, “Who does not think that this guy is not going to do exactly what he says he's gonna do? He's done it already."
“And then what? We're gonna sit around and say, 'I told you so?' If he gets elected, it’s going to change this country for everybody.”
De Niro asserted, “Those people who support him — with anger and hate because that’s what he’s about — they’re gonna see. I mean, I used to see these things. I didn’t understand how he and Rosie O'Donnell used to get into it. I didn’t really care. I see what a hateful, mean-spirited, awful thing he is. He's vicious.”
