'Wacko': Trump Hits Back At De Niro After Hollywood Veteran's Biden Campaign Presser In New York

Donald Trump came down heavily on Robert De Niro, branding the Hollywood veteran a “wacko” and mocking his involvement in a Biden campaign outside the New York courthouse where the former US President is on trial.

“I never knew how small, both mentally and physically, Wacko Former Actor Robert De Niro was,” Trump railed in a Truth Social post. “Today, De Niro, who suffers from an incurable case of TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, commonly known in the medical community as TDS, was met, outside the Courthouse, with a force far greater than the Radical Left – MAGA,” the US former president said in response to Academy Award winner actor.

“Robert, whose movies, artistry, and brand have gone WAY DOWN IN VALUE since he entered the political arena at the request of Crooked Joe Biden, looked so pathetic and sad out there. Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio!!!” the post continued. This sharp reaction comes after De Niro called Trump a “clown” who is bent on destroying American democracy outside the New York City courtroom where the Republican presidential candidate’s hush money trial is being held.

De Niro, a longtime Democrat, attended a Biden campaign event outside the Manhattan courtroom. He was accompanied by two former law enforcement officers, Harry Dunn and Michael Fanone, who were at the US Capitol when it was attacked on Jan. 6, 2021. De Niro’s remarks are part of the Biden campaign’s attempt to use wall-to-wall media coverage of the Trump trial to push their own message. Referring to Trump’s successful 2016 run for president, De Niro said Trump’s candidacy was initially laughed off as a joke.

“We’ve forgotten the lessons of history that showed us other clowns who weren’t taken seriously until they became vicious dictators,” he said. “With Trump we have a second chance and no one is laughing now. This is the time to stop him by voting him out once and for all.” If Trump returns to the White House, he said, Americans could see the civil liberties they take for granted evaporate as well as the end of elections.

“If he gets in, I can tell you right now, he will never leave,” said DeNiro. Fanone and Dunn delivered emotional remarks, saying violence at the Capitol was fueled by Trump’s lies that the 2020 election was stolen.  “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,” he said. “A clown…No one took him seriously. They take him seriously now.” Trump campaign officials said the De Niro event showed desperation in the Biden camp.

(With agency inputs)