Trump-bashing stars like De Niro and Maher now hate him so much they’d rather see America sucked into war and recession than for him to succeed – we used to call that treason
By PIERS MORGAN FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 09:26 EDT, 11 June 2018 | UPDATED: 18:01 EDT, 11 June 2018

Robert De Niro marched onto last night’s Tony Awards show stage like a man possessed, exuding raw fury and menace from every pore.

If you could morph his most violent, unhinged on-screen characters into one smoldering carcass of molten human hatred and ferocity, then this was that hybrid beast.

De Niro was part Max Cady, part Travis Bickle, mixed up with lashings of Jake La Motta and Jimmy Conway.

And he was intent on unleashing a verbal weapon of mass destruction at the man he despises more than life itself: Donald J. Trump.

The 74-year-old tuxedo-clad thespian stood at the microphone for several long, lingering, intense seconds, driving the Broadway audience to whoops of expectant excitement.

‘I’m gonna say one thing,’ he snarled. ‘F*CK TRUMP!’

This promoted a spontaneous explosion of ecstatic joy and De Niro raised his arms into a triumphant boxer-style pose.

He stared out, his inflamed eyes bulging with viciousness.

Then he saw people, HIS people, begin to spring to their feet to cheer, so he paused to soak up their adulation.

As the TV cameras cut to pictures of stars grinning with delight, De Niro did another boxer victory pose, this time holding his arms in a chest press position until the whole theatre was on its feet, roaring for their champion.

‘It’s no longer down with Trump,’ he bellowed, ‘it’s F*CK TRUMP!’

Cue more roars and whoops.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a human being more pleased with himself in that moment than Robert De Niro.

He’d done what he came to do – hijacked yet another awards show with his anti-Trump vitriol, certain in the knowledge it would earn him more airtime and positive media coverage than any of his dismal movies in the last 20 years.

And all the luvvies in the crowd had found a heroic mouthpiece for their own festering hatred of Trump.

What was extraordinary about this outburst, and the audience reaction, is that at the very moment it was happening, President Trump had just flown in to Singapore for his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.


This is a meeting of quite stupendous importance, not just for America but for the world.

If Trump can somehow pull off a genuine, meaningful peace deal with the planet’s most repressive, dangerous regime, then he will have achieved something none of his predecessors achieved, and saved all of us from a potentially catastrophic nuclear war.

It’s a big ‘if’, and it may still all end in dismal failure and a PR coup for Jong Un.

But I admire Trump for trying, and for getting this far.

Surely the correct response to this trip from all Americans, regardless of their personal enmity towards Trump, is to hope it works and to wish their President every success in his efforts?

Yet instead, Hollywood’s liberals have once again launched a barrage of foul-mouthed public abuse against him.

The same Hollywood liberals, lest we forget, who gave fugitive child rapist Roman Polanski a standing ovation at the Oscars.

Of course, there’s an absurd hypocrisy to celebrities berating Trump (justifiably..) for coarsening American political discourse with inflammatory rhetoric, then yelling ‘F*CK TRUMP!’ on live TV as families watch at home.

Just as there was when arch feminist Samantha Bee recently decided to call Ivanka Trump a ‘c**t’ on her own show.
It seems none of them got the ‘When they go low, we go high’ memo from Michelle Obama.

But there is a wider, bigger question for these stars that concerns me a lot more than their abusive language, and it’s this: at what point does your blind, pathological hatred for your President override America’s national interest?

The perfect illustration of what I’m talking about came on Friday night during Bill Maher’s Real Time show on HBO.

Maher, a man whose aversion to all things Trump almost rivals De Niro’s, actually said the following words as he articulated his desire to remove the President from power: ‘I feel like the bottom has to fall out (of the economy) at some point, and by the way, I’m hoping for it. I think one way you get rid of Trump is by crashing the economy. So please, bring on the recession. Sorry if that hurts people but it’s either root for a recession or you lose your democracy.’

Sorry, WHAT?

You loathe Trump so much you actually want a crippling financial crisis to ravage your own country and devastate millions of the poorest and most vulnerable of your fellow Americans?

The irony of Maher’s ridiculously offensive comment is that the economy has so far turned out to be very successful under Trump.

Unemployment’s fallen to an 18-year low of 3.8%, with Black and Hispanic unemployment hitting historic lows.

And the stock market, too, has been hitting record highs.

Last week, Warren Buffett, the Sage of Omaha, gave Trumponomics a ringing endorsement, saying the US economy was ‘feeling strong’.

Using a baseball analogy to explain his positivity, he added: ‘If we’re in the sixth inning, we have our sluggers coming to bat right now.’


So why would Bill Maher, himself worth a recession-proof £100 million, be so keen to see the booming economy collapse?

The answer, sadly, is that he hates Trump so much he can’t bear to acknowledge any of his successes and would rather he fail even if that means America fails too.

De Niro’s of the same mentality.

He used to be a world-class actor.

In fact, he was one of the greatest actors of all time.

Today, he’s a world-class Trump-bashing agitator, and notwithstanding a highly competitive field, in this new role he’s indisputably THE greatest of all time.

That’s why the Tony Awards crowd went so crazy when he shouted ‘F*CK TRUMP!’

Just as similar liberal actor crowds did when De Niro spouted similar abuse at other awards ceremonies, including one occasion when he actually threatened to physically beat up the President.

It’s childish, pathetic and embarrassing – all the things De Niro professes to hate in Trump.

And coming as the President tries to forge peace with North Korea, it also feels very un-patriotic and disloyal. In fact, it feels un-American.

My message to De Niro, Maher and all the other Trump-loathing stars is this: you can hate the President all you like, but if your hatred means you’d rather see America sucked into war or financial ruin than to see him succeed, then YOU’RE the problem – not him. And shame on you.



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What a disgusting hateful Buffon. How do you describe this sort of personality, this mindset and behavior? I could say more, but I'll stop and let the members chime in.

Both De Niro and Mahre can posture knowing that there will be no real consequences to what they say. No one expects De Niro waft Trump off to Canada and pull a Mr. Garrison or to actually do anything else either. Mahrer knows perfectly well that the economy isn't gonna tank; in fact he knows his portfolio is going to become vastly bigger without his actually having to do anything.

In other words, there's absolutely no reason to not say the most shocking thing they can think of. Except that the shock, of course. There's really no way to be shocked when you know there's nothing behind the dramatic presentation.

Wow!

Morgan sure is a gun hater. But, he will call out these Hollywood maggots as they deserve it.

I've certainly never been accused of being a particularly religious man but if there is an after life or karma upon reincarnation I hope whomever moves the pieces has reserved a special kind of hell for these folks. They deserve worse for calling for such tragedies upon the common man and perhaps they may experience it in some way during this life.

One of the greatest actors of all time? Doing what? Playing Italian mafia guys. Please!

I don’t consider acting any kind of important profession, and this type cast character less so.

Not one of the greatest IMO, but charismatic in his younger days and had some great roles come his way in films like Taxi Driver and The Godfather II and Casino.

The latter half of his career- I don't know what happened. Maybe the guy just got lazy and doesn't mind making shit movies.

But, before he lost his freaking mind he was an acting heavyweight. These days, he plays a different role- angry old man. It's been done better, Bobby.

I am perfectly happy that deniro is unhappy, same for the rest of his lunatic friends.

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Originally posted by 2012BOSS302:
I am perfectly happy that deniro is unhappy, same for the rest of his lunatic friends.

I am honestly surprised none of them has popped an aneurysm or suffered a heart attack.

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Originally posted by 12131:
I am honestly surprised none of them has popped an aneurysm or suffered a heart attack.

2020 Reelection should finish a few off!

beware that when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster-for when you gaze long into the abyss-the abyss also gazes at you....
Nietzsche-

these idiots are so full of hate, they no longer recognize themselves in the mirror. They have become the "monster" that they now hate. And not even realized it. sad

Yes, long gone are the days of Ashton Kutcher and his mom making videos pledging to "serve" Obama.

De Niro's current wife has some coffee venture in Rwanda that's blasting through money. She's also a very poor business person. De Niro has had to resort to accepting crap movies to keep her afloat. He's been pissy about it in recent interviews. That hate for Trump is a projection of the shit sandwich that De Niro's own life has become.

Some good points.

I’m not a WWII historian, but I’d imagine even FDR’s enemies were hoping for his success in ending the war. DeNiro’s outburst is another demonstration of society’s selfish tendencies.

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Originally posted by MitchbSC:
De Niro's current wife has some coffee venture in Rwanda that's blasting through money. She's also a very poor business person. De Niro has had to resort to accepting crap movies to keep her afloat. He's been pissy about it in recent interviews. That hate for Trump is a projection of the shit sandwich that De Niro's own life has become.

Couldn't happen to a classier guy.

Trump-bashing is the latest schtick that sells. Late night “comedians” bash and ridicule; meanwhile, Trump solves Korea. Hollyweird roars with joy at the ramblings of an old washed up man, underestimating Trump at every breath, and Trump rearranges world affairs to suit the interests of the United States of America. Talking heads and news “experts” are beside themselves, wondering how this can be, as Trump continues to win and succeed, always two to three broad steps in front. After all, Trump works outside the scope of their reach, their analysis, their insight. It just shouldn’t be so!

But it is. Trump is the —-hole we needed in the White House. Grab the world by the ——-.

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Originally posted by striker1:
Trump-bashing is the latest schtick that sells. Late night “comedians” bash and ridicule; meanwhile, Trump solves Korea. Hollyweird roars with joy at the ramblings of an old washed up man, underestimating Trump at every breath, and Trump rearranges world affairs to suit the interests of the United States of America. Talking heads and news “experts” are beside themselves, wondering how this can be, as Trump continues to win and succeed, always two to three broad steps in front. After all, Trump works outside the scope of their reach, their analysis, their insight. It just shouldn’t be so!

But it is. Trump is the —-hole we needed in the White House. Grab the world by the ——-.

The so-called experts and ivory tower dwellers are so pissed because Trump doesn't play by their rules and etiquette, yet, he somehow racks up win after win after win. He he he. Love it!

A guy who dropped out of High School at sixteen to play make believe for a living thinks his opinion matters because in his line of work he has convincingly portrayed characters possessing vastly higher abilities and intellect than his own???

It’s a pretty good act but it’s nothing more than an act and people need to bear in mind that his opinions are as meaningful as those of the actors peddling dubious shit on cable at 3am.

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It’s a pretty good act but it’s nothing more than an act

Yep. They're no more mad at him than they're mad about space aliens or the proliferation of the Inuit mafia.

It's fake outrage by professional fakers, trying to grasp another moment - however brief - of adoration.

Whores. The lot of em. Once a heavy hitter on the silver screen, now reduced to doing pervert grandpa movies and bellowing screed about politics to garner admiration. Sad.

Hey Robert, you sanctimonious fluffer, when are you going to return all of the money you made glorifying guns and violence in your movies?