Robert de Niro called President Trump a ‘f***ing fool’ in an impromptu foul-mouthed rant as he presented Meryl Streep with a best actress award.
Introducing Meryl Streep at the National Board of Review Annual Awards Gala in New York, De Niro went off script to call the President a ‘f***ing idiot’.
The Oscar-winner also branded Trump the ‘baby-in-chief’ and ‘jerk-off-in-chief’ while discussing Streep’s new film The Post, which is about the publication of the Pentagon Papers into the Vietnam War.
Robert de Niro attacked President Trump during an awards ceremony speech on Tuesday night in New York, calling him a ‘f***ing idiot’ and a ‘fool’
De Niro, who was at the ceremony to introduce Meryl Streep, also called Trump a ‘jerkoff-in-chief’ and compared him to the ‘delusional, narcissistic, petty, vindictive’ President Nixon
De Niro said: ‘It was fascinating to watch The Post. That story took place nearly 50 years ago, but there are many parallels with today obviously.
‘At the time of the story Donald Trump was suffering with “bone spurs”. Today the world is suffering from the real Donald Trump.
‘This f***ing idiot is the President. It’s The Emperor’s New Clothes – the guy is a f***ing fool.
‘The publication of the Pentagon Papers was a proud moment for American journalism. The Times and the Post challenged the government over critical First Amendment issues. And the press prevailed.
‘Our government today, with the propping [up] of our baby-in-chief – the jerkoff-in-chief I call him – has put the press under siege, trying to discredit it through outrageous attacks and lies.’
‘And again just like 1971 the press is distinguishing itself with brave, exacting journalism.
‘The movie gave us glimpses of President Nixon as delusional, narcissistic, petty, vindictive, nasty and bats*** f***ing crazy. Ah the good old days.’
The actor has long been a vocal critic of Trump, saying he would like to punch him in the face and urging people to vote for Hillary during the 2016 election
De Niro has long been a vocal critic of Trump, saying during the presidential campaign that he would ‘like to punch him in the face.’
Since then he has used many public speaking opportunities to trash the President, calling him a ‘blatant racist’, a ‘bozo’ and a ‘motherf***er’.
He also used an awards speech just days before the 2016 election to call for people to vote for Hillary Clinton.
Aside from De Niro and Streep, Whoopi Goldberg, Gal Gadot and Stephen Colbert were all in attendance at Tuesday night’s award ceremony.
Angelina Jolie also appeared with children Shiloh and Zahara Jolie-Pitt before accepting the Freedom of Expression Award for First They Killed My Father.