Actor Robert De Niro appeared to be softening to President-elect Donald Trump after leveling violent, hate-filled rants against him during the campaign.
“I would only say that we’re all hoping, waiting and hoping, that he will lead the country in a way that’ll benefit everyone and benefit our neighbors around the world,” De Niro told ITK on Tuesday, according to The Hill.
“That’s all,”he said. “We’re waiting and hoping, and we’ll see.”
Who Cares?!#FakeNews
Robert De Niro appears to soften tone on Trump via the @FoxNews https://t.co/qjsD0wRWft— I’m With Him! Andy W (@NoSurrender357) November 23, 2016
Quite a different tune from the 73-year-old actor who last month said Trump “is a punk. He’s a dog. He’s a con, a bullshit artist who doesn’t know what he is talking about, doesn’t do his homework, doesn’t care.” De Niro even admitted he would ” like to punch him in the face.”
The Academy Award winner was one of several people to receive the country’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House on Tuesday.
Pres. Obama awards 7-time Academy Award nominee and 2-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro with the Medal of Freedom. https://t.co/cJLNUyAm4A
— ABC News (@ABC) November 22, 2016
So De Niro threatens to punch the president elect and Obama issues him a peace medal?? You couldn’t make it up#MedalOfFreedom
— I’m With You ? ? (@ImWithYou010) November 22, 2016
@TIME after his vulgar rant against Trump, De Niro doesn’t deserve no medal from the President of the US. Weird reward system.
— bambina (@BambinaRed) November 22, 2016
The “punch” comment, made in a video released during the election campaign, was “more symbolic,” De Niro told reporters, according to the Hill.
After he said the things that he said, anybody would want to punch him in the face,” De Niro said. “Many people told me ‘You said what I’d want to say.’ It’s just unacceptable to say those things in the situations that he said them in.”
“Now he’s president-elect and I just want to see what he’s going to do,” he added.
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