In a recent interview with Bill Maher, De Niro was asked about the possibility of playing Trump on screen, and his response was, well, let's just say it wasn't lukewarm. He got pretty fired up, declaring that he'd never even consider portraying the man he dubbed a "total monster."
But that wasn't the end of it. De Niro went on a bit of a tirade, expressing his concerns about the potential consequences of a second Trump term and not holding back when it came to his thoughts on Trump supporters.
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Robert De Niro on Trump: "I'd never play him as an actor, because I can't see any good in him. Nothing."
— Real Time with Bill Maher (@RealTimers) March 9, 2024
Watch the two-time Oscar winner get real about his feelings toward @realDonaldTrump on Real Time: https://t.co/DQepfpXgFh pic.twitter.com/XlyU53hqGo
From Radar Online:
De Niro didn't hold back during his recent appearance on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher.
Maher asked the actor, "Why is Trump winning? I mean, the poll, the New York Times poll this week came out, and maybe this will change it with the State of the Union address. But Trump was beating him rather soundly ... What do you attribute that to?"
De Niro replied, "I don’t know, I just don’t want to feel the way I did. And many, many of us don’t. After the election in 2016, where we couldn’t believe that it happened."
The Raging Bull actor referred to Trump as "a total monster."
"They want to f--- with people, screw them because they’re unhappy about some," he said referring to Trump's base of supporters. "He’s such a mean, nasty, hateful person."
"I’d never play him as an actor because he’s— I can’t see any good in him. Nothing. Nothing at all. Nothing redeemable in him," he continued, telling Maher that the former president "can't be elected again."
"You won’t be on this show anymore. He’ll come looking for me. You know there’ll be. There’ll 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. Let’s believe and take him at his word," De Niro added.
