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Donald Trump is a “lunatic” who “doesn’t care how many people die” from the coronavirus, actor Robert De Niro said.
The Hollywood star, longtime critic of the PresidentHe told Newsnight that it was “Shakespearean, the whole thing, you have a madman that people are trying to dance to.”
He continued: “They are doing it in the [Senate] Audiences a little bit more, trying to tactfully say this is what will happen, Fauci is doing that … it’s terrible. [Trump] wants to be reelected. He doesn’t care how many people die. “
Donald Trump has been widely criticized for his handling of the pandemic
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The United States has more than 1.3 million. coronavirus cases and more than 83,000 deceased, more than any other country, according to Johns Hopkins University, which is tracking the disease.
When asked if Trump’s base would vote for him anyway, the actor said those supporters were “deceiving themselves” by believing that Trump cared about them.
“He doesn’t care about those people, and the people he wants to care about are the people he despises the most,” he added.
New York, where the 76-year-old two-time Oscar winner comes from, has been the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States, but in contrast to his views on Trump, De Niro praised New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
He, the actor said, “has done a great job … has done what Trump should have done, but has no idea how to do it.”
He even said he would like to play Mr. Cuomo in a movie about him. pandemic.
The city, he said, “is like a ghost town … it’s surreal … so you see other parts of the world, other great big cities in the world, they are also in the same situation.”
“It is interesting, it is like a science fiction movie, but it is real,” he said.
De Niro has been a frequent critic of Trump since the former reality show star entered the Oval Office in 2017.
After the actor screamed “f *** Trump” at the Tony Awards in 2018, the president responded on Twitter.
He said: “Robert De Niro, an individual with a very low IQ, has been shot too many heads in the head by real boxers in movies. I saw him last night and I really think he may be ‘drunk.'”
Trump has been widely criticized for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, having made it clear that he is eager to make the US economy. USA Get back to work by getting the audience back to work as soon as possible.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the United States’ top leading infectious disease expert, said at a Senate hearing this week that rushing to reopen businesses and schools could have dire consequences.
