‘Loving our country sounds like an abused spouse saying they love their abuser’: Robert De Niro leads crowd in rallying cry against Trump

The actor starts chant after president said he doesn’t ‘think about Americans’ financial situation, not even a little bit’

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Robert De Niro has renewed his attack on Donald Trump at an event in New York on Sunday. Speaking at Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the first amendment, the actor led the crowd in a repeated cry of “shut the fuck up!” in response to assorted remarks and policies of the current president.

“I’m pretty close to being a free speech absolutist,” said De Niro, “even speech I don’t like, and there’s plenty of that around. So when I hear something I don’t like, I use my own free speech to respond.

“When I hear Trump say, as he did a few days ago , ‘I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation, not even a little bit,’ I say, ‘Shut the fuck up,’” he said.

De Niro’s choice of words invokes a famed scene in the 1988 comedy in which his character respond to repeated inquiries over his calamitous private life by co-star Charles Grodin.

At the event on Sunday, De Niro offered a further example of what he considered egregious leadership, saying: “On Wednesday, Trump said, ‘ I love the inflation .’” He then asked the crowd to say “Shut the fuck up!” with him, which they duly did.

De Niro continued: “Trump said he won the 2020 election. Ready? Shut the fuck up!”