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Robert DeNiro Announces He'd Like To Punch Donald Trump In The Face
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David Colon
Published Oct 8, 2016
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It's been bad news all around for Donald Trump this past...week? Month? Aside from Clinton's brief bout with pneumonia, it's been mostly bad news all around. Anyway, things are somehow getting even worse: America's favorite dirty grandpa Robert DeNiro sat down for a minute-long, black-and-white video devoted exclusively to insulting Trump.
There isn't much to it aside from DeNiro savaging Trump, but he seemed to enjoy every second of it:
I mean he's so blatantly stupid. He's a punk, he's a dog. He's a pig, he's a con, a bullshit artist, a mutt who doesn't know what he's talking about. He doesn't do his homework, doesn't care thinks he's gaming society. Doesn't pay his taxes. He's an idiot. Colin Powell said it best: He's a national disaster. He's an embarrassment to this country. It makes me so angry this country has gotten to this point that this fool, this bozo, has wound up where he has. He talks how he wants to punch people in the face? Well, I'd like to punch him in the face. This is somebody that we want for president? I don't think so. What I care about is the direction of this country and what I'm very, very worried about is that it might go in the wrong direction with someone like Donald Trump. If you care about your future, vote for it.
Look for Trump's likely response video, in which a very worked up Jon Voight talks about Hillary Clinton murdering Vince Foster, next week.
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