Yahoo News Robert De Niro's Donald Trump 'tweets' are hilarious
Robert De Niro hasn't exactly taken well to Donald Trump being the new president of the United States. During Trump's election campaign, De Niro wanted to "punch him in the face". And after Trump won the election, De Niro admitted that he felt like he did after 9/11.
Still, at least the Hollywood legend had another chance to vent his frustrations on Thursday (January 19). He spoke at an anti-Trump rally outside New York City's Trump Tower on the eve of the president-elect's inauguration in Washington, DC.
In fact, De Niro's speech to the thousands in attendance was actually pretty funny. (They do say laughter is the best medicine.)
Referring to Trump describing the world's best actress Meryl Streep as "overrated" earlier this month, De Niro told the crowd: "I'm very happy to be here tonight with all of you and all of my overrated friends."
Then, the actor decided to read a few of Trump's 'tweets', as the attendees hadn't heard them yet "because they won't be sent until later, in the middle of the night".
"First: 'De Niro's career is a disaster. He was passed over for Godfather 4 and Magnificent Seven. Pathetic!'
"Another tweet: 'De Niro should give back his Oscars. Voting was rigged. There's only one true Raging Bull and that is Vladimir Putin.'
"One more! 'An extremely credible source told me that Nobu (De Niro's sushi restaurant) uses raw fish in their sushi. And the portions are so small. Sad.'"
However, given Trump being the new US president is truthfully no joke, De Niro got serious and lamented the Republican leader as a "bad example of this country".
"Just like our Founding Fathers, you can love our country and not love everything about it," he declared. "That's understandable. You can love your city, as I do, and not love everything about it either.
"That may have been what I was thinking about when I said I wish you-know-who would leave this city. I don't care where he goes, I just never thought he'd go to Washington. He's a bad example of this country, this city."
De Niro called on the crowd to stay true to their beliefs and not let divisive politics rip them apart.
"We're all rooting for the new administration, of course, to abandon the divisive, racist, misogynist, ignorant plans it's trumpeting and lead us with intelligence and compassion," he added.
"Whatever happens, we Americans, we New Yorkers, we patriots, will stand united for our rights and the rights of our fellow citizens."
The anti-Trump demonstration – titled We Stand United – also featured appearances from Alec Baldwin, Rosie Perez, Michael Moore, Sally Field, Mark Ruffalo and Rev. Al Sharpton.
Saturday Night Live's Baldwin used the opportunity to welcome in Trump with his best parody yet.
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