Robert de Niro compares Trump to Hitler: "A clown, a sick man, a monster"
Oscar-winner Robert de Niro has not always cared about politics, but with the return of Donald Trump, the actor wants to take a stand against what he sees as a real danger to American democracy.
“I’m tired of calling him names…He is really, genuinely a sick person”, said De Niro in an interview with Stephanie Ruhle on MSNBC’s The 11th Hour.
To those who are considering voting for Donald Trump, the actor said, “I don’t think they understand how dangerous it will be if he ever, God forbid, becomes president [again]. I don’t think they really understand. And, historically, from what I see, in Nazi Germany they had it with Hitler. They don’t take him seriously. Looks like a clown. Acts like a clown. Mussolini, same thing. These guys, I don’t know why, they look like clowns. Somehow people, that element of society, identifies with them.”
What would a second Trump term mean for De Niro? “It would be chaos beyond our imagination. There’s no mystery about him. He’s right out front, and what he says is what it’ll be if he becomes president.”
Asked if he thought American democracy was at risk, the Oscar-winner said his concern was even more basic.
“It’s about right and wrong. Period. The guy’s a monster. It’s beyond wrong. It’s almost like he wants to do the most horrible things that he can think of in order to get…a rise out of us? I don’t know what it is, but it’s f*cking scary.”
(SR for Tagtik/Source: MSNBC - The 11th Hour/Illustration picture: Unsplash)
