Overview
- Appearing on MSNBC’s The Weekend on Oct. 19, Robert De Niro compared senior adviser Stephen Miller to Joseph Goebbels and labeled him a “Nazi.”
- De Niro warned that President Trump will not want to leave office at the end of his term and urged Americans to keep protesting through the No Kings movement.
- He described Trump as having no empathy and as “an alien” who “wants to hurt this country,” and he praised New York Attorney General Letitia James using an expletive.
- Conservative media and officials condemned the interview, and White House communications director Steven Cheung derided De Niro as irrelevant and unhinged.
- Coverage repeatedly noted that Miller is Jewish; Miller has not issued a public response as the episode fuels disputes over incendiary rhetoric, antisemitism, and democratic norms.