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Wednesday 31 May 2017
Robert De Niro on Trump's America: a 'tragic, dumbass comedy'
Robert De Niro has said that the US has become a “tragic, dumbass
comedy” under Donald Trump, and urged students to “work to stop the
insanity” of his presidency. The actor made the comments during a
commencement ceremony speech at Brown University in Rhode Island, where he was receiving an honorary doctorate of fine arts.
“When you started school, the country was an inspiring, uplifting
drama,” he told students. “You are graduating into a tragic, dumbass
comedy. My advice is to lock the [university’s] Van Wickle Gates and
stay here.
“But if you do leave, work for the change. Work to stop the insanity.
Start now so the class of 2018 will graduate into a better world.”
Watch Robert De Niro’s speech to Brown University students
De Niro has been highly critical of Trump since his election win last
November. Earlier this month he said that the Trump administration had
shown “mean-spiritedness” in its budget proposal, which advocated
cutting arts funding. De Niro also suggested that Charlie Chaplin would not be allowed into the US today due to Trump’s strict immigration policy.
Before Trump’s election win, De Niro came under fire for saying he
would like to punch him in the face. He later revised his comments,
adding that he would have to “respect” the fact that Trump was
president.
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