Robert De Niro called Donald Trump a “grubby real estate hustler” and “two-bit playboy” outside his criminal trial, part of a Biden campaign press conference.
Legendary actor Robert De Niro on Tuesday slammed Donald Trump as a “loser” and a “clown,” standing just feet away from the Manhattan courtroom where the former president was listening to closing arguments in his criminal trial.
“He doesn’t belong in my city,” De Niro, a native New Yorker, said of Trump during a press conference hosted by President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign outside Manhattan Supreme Court.
“We New Yorkers used to tolerate him when he was just another grubby real estate hustler masquerading as a big shot. A two-bit playboy lying his way into the tabloids, pretending to be a spokesman — a spokesperson for himself,” De Niro said.
The “Taxi Driver” and “The Godfather Part II” star described Trump as a threat to the United States, and said Trump fomented violence and destruction during the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, 2021, by a mob of Trump’s supporters.
De Niro said he decided to lend his talents to a Biden-Harris campaign ad, “because it shows the violence of Trump.
