Robert De Niro breaks down in tears as he makes bold claim about Donald Trump's presidency

Robert De Niro appeared emotional after calling on Americans to 'resist' Donald Trump and his administration.

The Hollywood actor, who has long been a critic of the president, appeared on the The Best People With Nicole Wallace podcast recently and claimed Trump is 'destroying' America.

"The story is our country, and Trump is destroying it, and who knows what his reasons are, but it’s sick, it’s f***** up," the 82-year-old said, before adding: "We have to save the country."

De Niro then went on to call Trump an 'enemy of this country', then adding: "Let’s not kid ourselves. It’s that simple. Everybody has to stick together to get them out and get back on track."

The filmmaker continued to voice his concerns at the Trump administration and reiterated the word 'resist'.

Robert De Niro has hit out at the Trump administration (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

"That’s the only way. There’s no magic. There’s no nothing – people are not going to go away, even if Trump dies for some reason by having an illness or something," he added. "Parts of that movement are still there, and that’s the scary part. It has to be neutralized by the people."

De Niro then appeared emotional in the podcast appearance after he was praised by Wallace for always 'lifting up everybody around you'.

"You have to — you have to lift people up," De Niro said as he began to choke up. "You have to bring them together. Period. You can’t divide people. You can’t win that way."

Explaining that current circumstances are a 'no-win situation', the Taxi Driver star added: "Look what we have, look who we have there, it’s almost like a destiny to have this thing there, destroying… attempting to destroy this country and maybe not even understanding why. So it’s up to us to protect the country."

Robert De Niro appeared emotional at various points of the podcast (YouTube/MS Now)

It's not the first time De Niro has hit out at the Trump administration after the actor appeared in a video shared by political activist group Indivisible in October 2025.

As per Variety, De Niro said in the the TikTok clip: "Americans decided they didn’t want to live under the rule of King George III. They declared their independence and fought a bloody war for democracy. We’ve had two and a half centuries of democracy since then. Often challenging, sometimes messy, always essential.

"Now we have a would-be king who wants to take it away: King Donald the First. Fuck that. We’re rising up again, this time, nonviolently raising our voices to declare: No Kings."