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After his years-long litany of protestations against Donald Trump, Oscar-winner Robert De Niro tried to be more measured, but even more urgent, in his criticism of the former president this week. In an interview with Stephanie Ruhle on MSNBC’s The 11th Hour, the actor said, “I’m tired of calling him names. He is really, genuinely a sick person.”

“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 Somehow that element of society identifies with them.”

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“There is not one redeeming thing about him.”

Robert De Niro wasn’t always political. But he is now, thanks to Donald Trump. The award-winning actor sits down with @SRuhle to discuss the danger he believes Trump poses to our democracy. pic.twitter.com/5C3YO6I06g

— 11th Hour (@11thHour) May 3, 2024