Donald Trump Goes Off On Robert De Niro Over Comments At Counter State Of The Union Event; Actor Said He Felt “Betrayed By My Country”

Former President Donald Trump launched a furious tirade against actor Robert De Niro on his Truth Social platform on Wednesday, following De Niro's participation in a 'State of the Swamp' counter event where he expressed feeling 'betrayed by my country,' while also attacking Democratic Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib as 'lunatics' who should be deported after they heckled him during his State of the Union address in the House chamber. The 'State of the Swamp' event, sponsored by Defiance.org at the National Press Club, served as Democrats' alternative programming to Trump's official State of the Union address, though it received significantly less media attention than the main event. Trump's response demonstrated his continued pattern of using his social media platform to attack political opponents and critics with inflammatory language rather than engaging in substantive policy debates. The former president's reference to Omar and Tlaib as 'lunatics' who should be deported continues his controversial history of making disparaging comments about Muslim members of Congress, drawing accusations of xenophobia and Islamophobia from critics.