De Niro, a veteran political activist and critic of Trump, told reporters covering the trial that the former president (2017-2021) will become a dictator for life if he is re-elected in November.
What Robert De Niro said about Donald Trump
“When Trump ran in 2016, it was like a joke. We have a second chance and now no one is laughing. This is the time to stop him,” said De Niro, who also called Trump a “tyrant.”
De Niro’s unexpected press conference occurred against a noisy backdrop of pro-Trump protesters and car alarms.
De Niro has taken on an increasingly important role in the US president’s re-election campaign, Joe Bideneven starring in a new television advertisement for the Democratic Party.
The actor warned about a potential victory for Trump: “If he wins the White House, I can tell you right now that he will never leave.” “Do we want him to rule this country and say, ‘I’m not leaving? I’m a dictator for life’?”he added.
“The only way to preserve our freedoms and hold on to our humanity is to vote for Joe Biden for president,” said the famous actor, star of films such as “Taxi Driver”, “The Godfather Part II” and “Goodfellas”.
The trial of Donald Trump
Within the framework of his criminal process and less than six months before the elections, Trump reiterated before the cameras inside the court that the trial is a political offensive against him.
He also accused Judge Juan Merchan of bias several times and denounced that the 2020 elections were rigged.
On Tuesday The final arguments of the defense and the prosecution beganwhich accuses him of falsifying accounting records to cover up payments to a former porn actress in order to keep a sex scandal secret during his 2016 campaign.
The decision of the 12 jurors that could make Trump the first former president in the history of the United States to be criminally convicted is awaited with anticipation throughout the country.
Source: Ambito
