‘Sick, demented, extremely low IQ and cries like a child’: Donald Trump renews attack on Robert De Niro

‘Sick, demented, extremely low IQ and cries like a child’: Donald Trump renews attack on Robert De Niro After the star made a fresh denunciation of the US president at an alternative State of the Union event, Trump returned fire at length on Truth Social Donald Trump has responded to a recent podcast appearance by Robert De Niro , in which he called the president “an idiot”. Speaking on Monday’s episode of The Best People with Nicole Wallace, De Niro, who has long criticised the politics, morals and competence of Trump, said: “He’s an idiot. We gotta get rid of him. He’s gonna ruin the country.” He added:“ I don’t want everybody going around with their Maga, the American flags, like they’re the only ones. We are Americans too.” The actor then took headline billing at the State of the Swamp , a Washington event intended as a riposte to Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday. In his emotional speech, De Niro he described the president as “failing, flailing and desperate” and said he felt “betrayed by my country”. Writing at length on Truth Social on Wednesday, the president first proposed deporting representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, who left the Capitol building early on Tuesday after shouting him down during his speech. Trump called them “Low IQ” and claiming they “screamed uncontrollably last night at the very elegant State of the Union, such an important and beautiful event”. “They had the bulging, bloodshot eyes of crazy people, LUNATICS, mentally deranged and sick who, frankly, look like they should be institutionalised.” He added: “They should actually get on a boat with Trump Deranged Robert De Niro, another sick and demented person with, I believe, an extremely Low IQ, who has absolutely no idea what he is doing or saying – some of which is seriously CRIMINAL!” Trump continued: “When I watched him break down in tears last night, much like a child would do, I realised that he may be even sicker than Crazy Rosie O’Donnell, who is right now in I...