Award-winning actor Robert De Niro slammed President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE, saying, among other criticisms, that the president has to be "held accountable" with the impeachment inquiry.

"If we don't go through this impeachment inquiry, we're letting him get away with something," De Niro told MSNBC's Joy Reid Saturday morning.

"He has done something wrong, he has to pay for that. He has to be held accountable."

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De Niro, a consistent critic of Trump, also told Reid that Trump lacks "sympathy or empathy for anything or anybody," calling Trump a "fake president."

"He calls everything else fake because he knows he's fake," the 76-year-old actor said.

Trump, De Niro continued, has hurt the U.S.'s relationships with a lot of countries and the country needs a president that can repair "the damage that has been done."

Specifically, De Niro said that he believed that 2020 hopeful Pete Buttigieg Pete ButtigiegBillionaire who donated to Trump in 2016 donates to Biden The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - GOP closes ranks to fill SCOTUS vacancy by November Buttigieg stands in as Pence for Harris's debate practice MORE could do this.

"He's young, but he's got all of the qualifications," De Niro told Reid.

The veteran actor also mentioned Michael Bloomberg Michael BloombergBloomberg rolls out M ad buy to boost Biden in Florida Democratic groups using Bloomberg money to launch M in Spanish language ads in Florida Bloomberg pays fines for 32,000 felons in Florida so they can vote MORE as someone who he thinks could do the job.

"He's a grown-up, he's run [New York] for three terms," De Niro said of Bloomberg, adding that "he hasn't done everything perfectly, but he's very, very good."

Bloomberg hasn't officially launched a presidential campaign, but Friday he filed to be on Alabama's Democratic primary ballot.

Buttigieg has seen a recent surge in the polls and is currently polling at 17.5 percent in Iowa, according to RCP's average of polls.