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08th Oct 2016

Robert De Niro goes to town on Donald Trump, says “I’d like to punch him in the face”

Not a vote Trump can rely on come November

Conor Heneghan

Safe to say Bob isn’t a Donald Trump fan.

Celebrities in the United States have been queuing up to express their opposition to Donald Trump throughout the Presidential election so far.

Not long ago we told you about writer-director Joss Whedon gathering some of Hollywood’s biggest names to not-so-subtly encourage voters to keep Trump out of the White House on November 8.

The anti-Trump movement has only intensified after leaked footage of his sexually aggressive comments about women spread like wildfire on Twitter feeds all over the world, for which he issued a video apology late on Friday night.

Faces don’t get much more famous than Robert De Niro, we think you’ll agree, and the two-time Oscar winner absolutely went to town on Trump when recording a video message for #VoteYourFuture, a non-partisan campaign aimed at encouraging people to get out and vote.

When the actor was simply asked “What do you care about?” De Niro tore Trump a new one, calling him “a pig,” “a punk,” “a bullshit artist,” “a bozo,” “blatantly stupid”, and saying “I’d like to punch him in the face” in what was probably his most convincing performance in years.

Tell us what you really think, Bob.