Robert De Niro, the acclaimed Hollywood actor, has made headlines with his fierce critique of Donald Trump’s administration, labeling one of Trump’s senior advisors a ‘Nazi.’ This dramatic statement was made during an impassioned appearance on MSNBC’s The Weekend.
At 82, the outspoken Oscar winner did not hold back when discussing Stephen Miller, drawing a stark comparison between him and Adolf Hitler’s infamous propagandist, Joseph Goebbels. De Niro’s comments have drawn significant attention, as he questioned whether Trump would willingly vacate the White House at the end of his term in 2028. His remarks reflect ongoing concerns among liberals that Trump might attempt to extend his presidency beyond the constitutional limits.
“No way,” De Niro asserted, expressing his belief that Trump would resist leaving office. He further criticized Trump’s administration by saying, “He set it up with, I guess he’s the Goebbels of the cabinet, Stephen Miller. He’s a Nazi… He is and he’s Jewish and he should be ashamed of himself.”
For context, Joseph Goebbels was one of Hitler’s most trusted confidants and a vehement antisemite, notorious for his role in promoting the Nazi regime’s heinous policies against Jewish people. Following Hitler’s suicide, Goebbels briefly served as Chancellor of Germany before tragically ending his life and the lives of his six children, in a desperate attempt to evade the consequences of his actions.
‘He set it up with, I guess he’s the Goebbels of the cabinet, Stephen Miller. He’s a Nazi… He is and he’s Jewish and he should be ashamed of himself.’
Goebbels was one of Hitler’s closest allies and a radical antisemite who pushed for harsher treatment of Jewish people. After Hitler committed suicide, Goebbels served one day as Chancellor of Germany before poisoning his six children and committing suicide to avoid legal retribution for his crimes.
Miller has led the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration and serves as the president’s deputy chief of staff.
‘It’s all nonsense. We know it’s all racist. I mean, that’s what he appeals to, that’s what Trump is,’ De Niro said. ‘What you see is what you get. It’s not going to change.’
The liberal Oscar winner, 82, Stephen Miller to Adolf Hitler’s chief propagandist Joseph Goebbels
Miller (pictured with his wife, Katie) has led the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration and serves as the president’s deputy chief of staff
He’s also been a strong advocate for expanding travel bans and raising the vetting standards for who can enter the US, often targeting Muslim-majority countries.
Miller and his wife Katie, a former Republican communications official and DOGE staffer, have condemned the left for villainizing them to the point that they’ve felt unsafe in their own home.
On at least two occasions this year activists have written chalk messages of protest in front of his Arlington, Virginia home and in a nearby park.
Messages included phrases like ‘Stephen Miller is destroying democracy,’ ‘stop the kidnapping,’ ‘no white nationalism,’ ‘we [love] immigrants,’ and ‘trans rights are human rights.’
A few days after Charlie Kirk was assassinated in Utah, chalk messages began appearing, prompting Katie to share a defiant message on social media.
‘To the ‘Tolerant Left’ who spent their day trying to intimidate us in the house where we have three young children: We will not back down. We will not cower in fear. We will double down. Always, For Charlie,’ she posted on X in mid-September, alongside the post was a video showing several of the messages being washed away with a garden hose.
In the wake of the threats, the couple have now listed their home for sale and have reportedly already moved out.
De Niro’s comments come on the back of nationwide ‘No Kings’ protests railing against the administration.
He had been asked if he thinks Trump will graciously leave the White House when his term expires in 2028, amid liberal fears that he will try to serve a third term despite it being unconstitutional
Goebbels (pictured right with Hitler) was Hitler’s chief propagandist during World War Two
People carrying signs with slogans such as ‘Nothing is more patriotic than protesting’ or ‘Resist Fascism’ packed into New York City’s Times Square and rallied by the thousands in parks in Boston, Atlanta and Chicago.
Demonstrators marched through Washington and downtown Los Angeles and picketed outside capitols in several Republican-led states, a courthouse in Billings, Montana, and at hundreds of smaller public spaces.
Trump’s Republican Party disparaged the demonstrations as ‘Hate America’ rallies, but in many places the events looked more like a street party.
There were marching bands, huge banners with the U.S. Constitution’s ‘We The People’ preamble that people could sign, and demonstrators wearing inflatable costumes, particularly frogs, which have emerged as a sign of resistance in Portland, Oregon.
It was the third mass mobilization since Trump’s return to the White House and came against the backdrop of a government shutdown that not only has closed federal programs and services but is testing the core balance of power, as an aggressive executive confronts Congress and the courts in ways that protest organizers warn are a slide toward authoritarianism.
Trump, meanwhile, was spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida.
‘They say they’re referring to me as a king. I’m not a king,’ the president said in a Fox News interview.
A Trump campaign social media account mocked the protests by posting a computer-generated video of the president clothed like a monarch, wearing a crown and waving from a balcony.
