Robert de Niro says Trump is 'totally nuts'

US actor Robert De Niro has heaped scorn on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

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Actor Robert De Niro addresses journalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016, during the 22nd Sarajevo Film Festival. Source: AAP

US actor and producer Robert De Niro says US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump should not run for president because he is "totally nuts".

Trump, a billionaire businessman seeking his first public office, has courted controversy with a string of inflammatory statements about his main opponent Hillary Clinton, guns, Mexicans, Muslims and war veterans, among others.

De Niro made the comments to a Sarajevo audience as he presented a digital version of Martin Scorsese's film Taxi Driver, in which he starred, to mark its 40th anniversary.

"I don't know, it's crazy that people like Donald Trump ..., he shouldn't even be where he is, so God help us," De Niro said on Saturday to wide applause in the Sarajevo National Theatre.

"What he's been saying is really totally crazy, ridiculous ... he is totally nuts.

"But I think now they are really starting to push back, the media ... finally they are starting to say: Come on Donald, this is ridiculous, this is nuts, this is insane," De Niro said.
Trump has blamed US news media of taking many of his comments out of context.

On Friday night, the 73-year-old actor opened the 22nd Sarajevo Film Festival, which was founded as an act of defiance towards the end of the city's 1992-1995 siege during the Bosnian war, and was honoured with a lifetime achievement award for his contribution to film.

"I will treasure this award - my Heart of Sarajevo - because I don't think there is another city in the world that has shown such heart in the face of so much tragedy," De Niro said at the ceremony.

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Published 14 August 2016 8:00am
Updated 14 August 2016 10:02am
Source: AAP


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