De Niro Compares 9/11 To Current ‘Political Situation’
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Robert De Niro appeared to invoke President Donald Trump’s second term Wednesday while warning that Americans risk repeating history if they forget the lessons of September 11, seemingly equating post-9/11 national trauma with living under Trump’s second term.
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Appearing on CBS Mornings to hawk his new Netflix documentary “Tribeca 25,” the 83-year-old Hollywood veteran attempted to draw a direct line between the darkest day in modern American history and the current political landscape.
Host Gayle King asked De Niro whom he hoped would watch the documentary, adding, “Because I think it’s so important that we keep telling this story, because it breaks my heart when I hear people don’t fully grasp how devastating that was.”
“Well, yes, it’s also because kids and my kids — my teenage daughter doesn’t really understand,” he replied. “It just shows how if you don’t remind people what happened so recently, they’re going to forget. Generations that we’re in that situation right now with the whole political situation, because people forget what happened.”
De Niro’s reference to the current ‘political situation’ may have been aimed at Trump. The actor has spent years publicly warning about Trump and comparing his presidency to authoritarian governments.
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De Niro’s obsession with Trump is well-documented. At the 2018 Tony Awards, De Niro shocked viewers by taking the stage and shouting “F*ck Trump,” earning a standing ovation from Broadway elites but swift backlash from heartland audiences.
At the 2019 American Icon Awards, while presenting an honor to long-time co-star Al Pacino, De Niro hijacked the podium to demand Trump’s “impeachment and imprisonment.” The Hollywood crowd met his rant with a chorus of loud boos and uncomfortable groans.
At the 2020 SAG Awards, accepting a lifetime achievement award, De Niro brushed off advice from comedians like Ricky Gervais to skip the politics, instead launching into a lecture on “abuse of power” and the “dire” political environment.
During a 2024 appearance on “The View,” ABC producers were forced to repeatedly cut De Niro’s microphone after he launched into an unhinged, profanity-laced tirade comparing Trump to Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, warning that Trump’s return to the Oval Office could produce “civil strife.”
Trump has rarely let the actor’s barbs go unanswered, previously mocking De Niro as a “very low IQ individual” who had taken “too many shots to the head by real boxers in movies.”
The Wednesday exchange was more oblique. But coming from one of Trump’s most persistent celebrity critics, De Niro’s reference to the country’s “political situation” appeared to turn a discussion about preserving the memory of 9/11 into just another attack on President Trump.
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