Actor Robert De Niro had a tense run-in with supporters of former U.S President Donald Trump outside a courthouse in downtown Manhattan, New York City on Tuesday, May 28.
WHAT HAPPENED OUTSIDE COURT HOUSE?
Upon being spotted, some of Trump’s supporters shouted ‘F*** you,’ and called him a traitor to America and Italians and Jewish people.
Other obscenities made mention of Robert’s mother.
Robert was in court on behalf of current U.S President, Joe Biden. He and two former Capitol Police Officers were dispatched to address the media outside the trial.
Robert De Niro spoke outside the New York court where Donald Trump is standing trial, branding him a dangerous ‘clown’ who will become a dictator for life if reelected.
WHAT ROBERT DE NIRO SAID IN FULL
‘When Trump ran in 2016, it was like a joke,’ he said, calling the former president a ‘clown’ and a ‘tyrant.’
‘We have a second chance, and no one is laughing now. This is the time to stop him.’
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For his part, De Niro made it clear he’d rather not be there, but feels passionately that it’s his civic duty to be there to speak out against Trump.
The actor who was surrounded by security guards as he made his way through the crowd, stopped at one point to yell back, ‘We’re trying to be gentlemen in this world, the Democrats. You are gangsters! F*** you!!!’
