Trump calls De Niro ‘sick, demented’ after actor’s criticism

2026-02-26 - 10:54

US actor Robert De Niro, a vocal critic of Donald Trump, used his lifetime achievement award speech at the Cannes Film Festival to slam the US president. (AFP pic) WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday called screen legend Robert De Niro “sick and demented” after the actor urged Americans to “resist” his administration. The “Taxi Driver” and “The Godfather” star is a vocal critic of Trump, and used his lifetime achievement award speech at the Cannes Film Festival last year to slam the “philistine” president. “Trump Deranged Robert De Niro, another sick and demented person with, I believe, an extremely Low IQ, who has absolutely no idea what he is doing or saying – some of which is seriously CRIMINAL!” Trump wrote in a lengthy post on his Truth Social platform. Trump also attacked Democratic lawmakers Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib in