Renowned actor and Oscar laureate Robert De Niro didn't mince words when he criticized former President Donald Trump on the talk show Real Time With Bill Maher last Friday.
De Niro, known for his candidness, described Trump as a "total monster," expressing his disdain for the former president's character.
"He's such a mean, nasty, hateful person. Id never play him as an actor, because I can't see any good in him. Nothing. Nothing at all. Nothing redeemable in him, De Niro stated emphatically.
De Niro also voiced his concerns about the upcoming November election, which he believes will see a rematch between Trump and Biden. He argued that a second Trump presidency would be a "nightmare," while a vote for Biden would restore America to a state of normalcy.
"I just don't want to feel the way I did. And many of us don't, he said, alluding to the shock of Trumps unexpected victory in 2016. "It cant be. It cannot be, De Niro continued. If he wins the election, you won't be on this show anymore. He'll come looking for me. [There will] be things that happen that none of us can imagine. That's what happens in that kind of a dictatorship, which is what he says [he wants]. Let's believe him. Take him at his word.
De Niro admitted to struggling with understanding Trumps supporters, speculating that they rally behind the candidate due to his message of outrage. They want to fuck with people, screw them, because they're unhappy about something, he suggested.
The actor didn't hold back in his assessment of Trump, labeling him as a sociopathic, psychopathic, malignant narcissist, and warning, He is a dangerous person. [People] somehow think he's going to be the answer to their prayers, whatever those are, God knows.
De Niro revealed that he didn't know Trump during his tenure as a real estate mogul in New York, nor did he wish to. He was an idiot, he said. He was a clown.
In his concluding remarks, De Niro likened Trump to a typical schoolyard bully, backed by a group of compliant yes-men. People decide whether they want to oppose him, or they want to let him just tell them what to do and own the schoolyard or the basketball court or whatever it is, he said. He's got to be stopped.
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