Robert De Niro has never been shy about criticizing Donald Trump – and the longtime feud between the actor and the president escalated once again.
De Niro publicly blasted Donald Trump and his administration, calling the president “an idiot”.
During an appearance on Nicolle Wallace’s The Best People podcast he said: “We gotta get rid of him. He’s gonna ruin the country. I don’t want everybody going around with their MAGA, the American flags, like they’re the only ones. We are Americans too,” according to VT.
De Niro doubled down on his criticism when he hosted a political event called the State of the Swamp, a reference to Trump’s State of the Union address, which had taken place earlier that day. He said he felt a sense of “betrayal” toward his country and argued that the U.S. needed to return to the principles he believed had made the country strong.
“It doesn’t have to be perfect, but it does need to return to the values that gave us our strength and humanity.
“If you want our leaders to be accountable, if you’re devoted to the constitution and the rule of law, if you want the United States of America to be worthy of your love, be ready to take to the streets together, and we will take our country back.”
Trump clearly did not take the comments lightly.
Donald Trump’s response
The president responded on Truth Social, where he first lashed out at Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib over their behavior during the State of the Union.
Trump accused the two politicians of being harmful to the country and said they should be sent “back from where they came.”
“When you watch Low IQ Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, as they screamed uncontrollably last night at the very elegant State of the Union, such an important and beautiful event, they had the bulging, bloodshot eyes of crazy people, LUNATICS, mentally deranged and sick who, frankly, look like they should be institutionalised.
“When people can behave like that, and knowing that they are Crooked and Corrupt Politicians, so bad for our Country, we should send them back from where they came – as fast as possible.
“They can only damage the United States of America, they can do nothing to help it.”
“They should actually get on a boat”
But Trump didn’t stop there. He also turned his attention to De Niro, taking particular aim at the actor’s criticism of his administration.
The president suggested De Niro should leave the country as well, writing: “They should actually get on a boat with Trump Deranged Robert De Niro, another sick and demented person with, I believe, an extremely Low IQ, who has absolutely no idea what he is doing or saying – some of which is seriously CRIMINAL!
“When I watched him break down in tears last night, much like a child would do, I realised that he may be even sicker than Crazy Rosie O’Donnell, who is right now in Ireland trying to figure out how to come back into our beautiful United States.”
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