President Donald Trump obliterated actor Robert De Niro, most well-known for his role in The Godfather Part II, referring to the actor as “low IQ” just days after De Niro started crying and accused the president of “destroying America” and issuing a call for the American people to “resist.” Trump wrote his response to the Raging Bull star in a post on Truth Social, where he also slammed Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
In the post, the president ripped the pair of congresswomen for having “screamed uncontrollably” while he delivered his State of the Union speech on February 24, 2026. He went on to claim the two “had the bulging, bloodshot eyes of crazy people” and said they should both be sent “back from where they came.” President Trump said, “They can only damage the United States of America, they can do nothing to help it.”
“They should actually get on a boat with 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 continued in the post.
He then said, keeping up the attacks, “When I watched him break down in tears last night, much like a child would do, I realized that he may be even sicker than Crazy Rosie O’Donnell, who is right now in Ireland trying to figure out how to come back into our beautiful United States.”
The president then said the only difference between De Niro and the comedian is that “she is probably somewhat smarter than him.” De Niro’s comments were made during an appearance on a podcast featured on MS NOW, hosted by left-wing commentator Nicolle Wallace. During the conversation, De Niro accused Trump of being “sadistic” and “cruel.”
The Meet the Parents actor, for his part, said that President Trump is wreaking havoc on the country, destroying its story and history. “The story is our country and Trump is destroying it and who knows what his reasons are but it’s sick, it’s f**ked up. We have to save this country.” De Niro reportedly became extremely emotional during the interview.
The reason he became “choked up” is he feels the president doesn’t “lift people up,” saying, “You have to bring them together. You can’t divide people you can’t win that way.” Wallace then told De Niro he was about to make her burst into tears, though she did not cry during the episode. “All I know is people have to have to resist, resist, resist,” the actor explained.
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“There’s no easy way. It’s not going to come to you easy,” he added. De Niro also claimed that Trump is “triggered” by “real men” with “displays of actual strength.” The actor told Wallace, “He knows he’s never experienced or displayed anything like that in his life,” making a reference to Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly who flew a series of combat missions several decades ago.
De Niro failed to discuss the assassination attempt made on then-candidate Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. The soon-to-be president was shot in the ear during the incident, but rather than immediately retreating with his security team, he pumped his fist in the air and encouraged his supporters to “fight.”