“What is a “rascal”? » For many years, Robert De Niro does not hide his hostility towards Donald Trump. He renewed his opposition to the billionaire in an interview with Elise Lucet and soon to be broadcast in Special Envoywhich we were able to view exclusively. In this interview filmed in his restaurant in New York, the actor says he is worried, “like everyone else”, by the turn of the campaign: “It’s terrible. If Trump unfortunately becomes president again, he will do everything he promised, everything we find in Project 2025. He will authorize his teams to take control of everything. He will authorize them to attack people they had spotted. Those around him will say to him: “Hey, he did that, we should stop him”, and he will say “Yes, go ahead”. »
The star even finds a cinematographic parallel: “He reminds me of the godfather I played in The Freedmen. There's a scene where the young gangster played by Ray Liotta comes to him and says, “We're going to take care of so-and-so” and I say, “Kill him.” The other asks him “Right away” but since I'm playing cards, that will wait until tomorrow. Everything depends on a whim, an impulse. It has no structure, everything is done in chaos, in madness. And it's the people around him who are the most dangerous. »
However, Robert De Niro was open to a Trump presidency in 2016. “When he became president, I said to myself: 'Let's give him the benefit of the doubt, maybe he will prove up to the task.' And that wasn't the case. And today it is worse than ever. It seems like he's trying to be the best at the worst. Do you realize how sick it is to want to destroy the country? »
Robert De Niro and Élise Lucet.
Asked about his numerous comments against Donald Trump, whom he described as a “rascal” and “evil incarnate”, laughing at the French version given to him by Élise Lucet, Robert De Niro admits: “It’s hard because It's true. I don't like to say that anyone is bad, there is always an explanation, reasons. As for Trump, I honestly think he's bad. » And the star is ready to tell him in person, after exchanges through the media in recent years: “I would love to debate with him. I would take one bite out of it, I would demolish it. All he knows how to do is insult people. He doesn't know how to do anything else, he has nothing to say. He doesn't want to debate, he's afraid of looking like an idiot. He really is what I call a bastard. »
The interview with the legendary American actor can be discovered in full on Tuesday, November 5, during an exceptional issue ofSpecial Envoy devoted to the American elections, led by Élise Lucet. “A meeting with Robert De Niro in New York: the dream! An hour of face-to-face time to talk politics a few days before the American presidential election. In front of me, a man who is involved, convinced and who unleashes his blows against Donald Trump,” summarizes the journalist.
- Special EnvoyNovember 5 on France 2 and France.tv
