Overview
- In a roughly 40‑minute sitdown on The Best People with Nicolle Wallace, De Niro called Trump “the enemy of this country” and described him as “sadistic” and “cruel.”
- The actor said “the story is our country, and Trump is destroying it,” adding “we have to save the country” as he became visibly emotional.
- He pressed for civic action with the refrain “people have to resist, resist, resist,” warning that the movement he opposes would persist even if Trump were no longer in office.
- Wallace remarked, “You weren’t supposed to make me cry,” though she was not visibly crying, as De Niro emphasized “you have to lift people up” and not divide Americans.
- Conservative outlets and Fox & Friends hosts mocked the display as performative, while entertainment and mainstream coverage highlighted his emotional plea and calls to resist.