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- 13 Jun 18
Another day, another Twitter outburst from the US President. He may have been in the middle of the most important summit of his presidency with North Korea's dictator Kim Jong-un but that didn't stop Donald Trump from finding the time to attack the Oscar winning star.
"Robert De Niro, a very Low IQ individual, has received to (sic) many shots to the head by real boxers in movies. I watched him last night and truly believe he may be 'punch-drunk,'" is what the Leader of the Free World decided to tweet last night.
Here is the video, “A Story of Opportunity” that I shared with Kim Jong-un at the #SingaporeSummit
➡️https://t.co/43oOci4jvo pic.twitter.com/xBKFkDLtj7— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 12 de junio de 2018
De Niro was like a raging bull in a china shop earlier this week when he stated on live TV, "Fuck Donald Trump," as he pumped his fists in the air.
It has all upset a clearly insecure Trump who decided to not only have a swipe at the actor but to defend his presidency from De Niro's criticism.
"I guess (De Niro) doesn't realise the economy is the best it's ever been with employment being at an all time high, and many companies pouring back into our country. Wake up Punchy!" he wrote last night.
...realize the economy is the best it’s ever been with employment being at an all time high, and many companies pouring back into our country. Wake up Punchy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 12 de junio de 2018
Robert De Niro, a very Low IQ individual, has received to many shots to the head by real boxers in movies. I watched him last night and truly believe he may be “punch-drunk.” I guess he doesn’t...
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 12 de junio de 2018
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De Niro made the headlines earlier this week when, as he was introducing Bruce Springsteen ahead of his performance at the Tony awards ceremony, he said: "I just want to say one thing - Fuck Trump."
His words were met with a standing ovation. The ceremony was being shown live on TV with a few seconds delay and it had TV bosses scrambling to censor his comments. It meant that TV viewers were unable to then make out what he said next, which was: "It’s no longer down with Trump. It’s fuck Trump." This was met with an even bigger applause from the audience.
Robert De Niro's hatred for Trump is one of the funniest things in the world ???
(Shoutout Australia for not censoring curse words on television)pic.twitter.com/pTla4xXeVM— Robbie Fox (@RobbieBarstool) June 11, 2018
Prior to the 2016 US President elections, Robert De Niro recorded a video message in which he made it very clear that he didn't like the idea of Trump becoming the next US President. He colourfully described Trump as “a bozo”, a “a pig”, “a dog”, “a punk”, “a con”, “ a bullshit artist” and “an embarrassment to this country”.
He once played a boxing champ in Raging Bull, but now Hollywood actor Robert De Niro confessed that he’s like a bull in a china shop who would love to punch Donald Trump in order to teach him some manners!
He memorably added in the anti-Trump video that went viral: “He’s an idiot. Colin Powell said it best: he’s a national disaster… He talks how he’d like to punch people in the face – well, I’d like to punch him in the face.”
Asked in an interview last year if he’d still like to knock Trump’s lights out, De Niro didn’t pull any punches with his answer: “Of course I want to punch him in the face!”
De Niro added, “I said that because he said that about somebody that he would like to punch them in the face. How dare he say that to the crowd? How dare he say the things he does? It was only a symbolic thing, anyway. It wasn’t like I was going to go find him and punch him in the face. But he’s got to hear it. He’s got to hear that, you know, that’s how he makes people feel. It’s not good to feel that way. It’s not good to start that stuff up, but at the same time sometimes when people are bullies like that, that’s what you have to do to shut them up. Bully them back.”