Robert De Niro
Robert Anthony De Niro is an American actor, director, film producer, and restaurateur. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors of his generation, he is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for eight BAFTA Awards and four Emmy Awards. He was honored with the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2003, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2009, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2011, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2019, and the Honorary Palme d'Or in 2025.
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Jun 6, 2026
Lean Right
At the Tribeca Film Festival, De Niro called Donald Trump immoral, oppressive, and corrupt during the opening of a documentary screening.
Conservative Iranian media covers De Niro's attack on Trump approvingly, using it to reinforce the narrative that Western liberal elites themselves confirm American political dysfunction and moral decline.
Jun 4, 2026
Lean Right
Actor Robert De Niro used the opening of the Tribeca Film Festival to take a veiled shot at Trump, calling unnamed leaders 'monstrous' and accusing them of trying to divide Americans for 'immoral, cruel and corrupt purposes.'
De Niro is dismissed as a predictable example of coastal celebrity culture using cultural platforms to deliver partisan attacks, reinforcing lean-right distrust of entertainment institutions as aligned against their values.