Robert De Niro has said that the US has become a “tragic,dumbass comedy” under Donald Trump, and urged students to work to conclude the insanity” of his presidency.
The actor made the comments during a commencement ceremony speech at Brown University in Rhode Island, and where he was receiving an honorary doctorate of fine arts,the Guardian reports.
“When you started school, the country was an inspiring, and 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 whether you accomplish leave, or work for the change. Work to conclude the insanity. Start now so the class of 2018 will [br]graduate into a better world.”
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 nowadays 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, or adding that he would have to “respect” the fact that Trump was president.
Source: tert.am