During Tuesday's broadcast of ABC's "The View," actor Robert De Niro launched into an expletive-laden tirade against former President Donald Trump, leading producers to cut off his microphone just a few sentences into his rant. De Niro, known for his vocal criticism of Trump, joined the show's hosts and quickly turned the conversation to politics and the 2024 presidential election.

The "Analyze This" star began by invoking Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, arguing that not enough Americans are taking the potential threat of a second Trump presidency seriously. "I don't understand why people are not taking him seriously because you read about it historically in other countries that they didn't take the people seriously. I think of Hitler and Mussolini," De Niro said.

He continued, questioning how anyone could doubt that Trump would follow through on his promises, before his mic was briefly cut as he began to use profanity. When the sound returned, De Niro claimed that Trump's supporters were motivated solely by "anger and hate."

Robert De Niro whines about people "not taking [Trump] seriously" as a threat to the nation because he's just like "Hitler and Mussolini."
"And then what? We're going to sit around and say, what, we told you so -- or whoever, I told you so. It's going to happen." pic.twitter.com/DcXiXmZTfg

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