The Irishman actor tells the Guardian that Trump and the Republicans ‘have to know they can’t get away with bullying us’Robert De Niro has renewed his criticism of Donald Trump, calling the US head of state a “gangster president” and saying he “can’t wait” to see him jailed. De Niro said: “We have a real, immediate problem in that we have a gangster president who thinks he can do anything he wants … the problem is, if he actually gets away with it, then we all have a problem. They don’t like that, so they say: ‘Fuck you, we’re going to teach you people. And they have to know they’re going to be taught … they can’t get away with bullying us – people who have common sense and see what is happening in this world, and in this country. It’s a shame, it’s a shame that [the Republicans] behave so badly.”On being asked whether he thought Trump was likely to be jailed as a result of the current impeachment inquiry, De Niro said: “Oh, I can’t wait to see him in jail.

Source: The Guardian October 11, 2019 14:26 UTC