Robert De Niro denounces Trump’s kids on 'The View': ‘I would disown them’

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Robert De Niro has some choice words for President Donald Trump's children.

During an appearance on "The View" Monday to promote his film "The Irishman," the actor and vocal Trump critic, 76, went after the president’s children.

“I don’t want my kids to take this the wrong way, but if my kids did what these kids did, I wouldn’t want to be related to them,” De Niro said on the show, though he didn’t elaborate on what he sees as their wrongdoing. “I would disown them. I'd have a serious talk with them.”

De Niro added that "no matter what happens," that "we have to go through the motions" of the impeachment inquiry and "take our chances."

"It's a taint on his presidency, more than a taint, it's a a stain, one that he deeply deserves," he continued. "He has to take that punishment. He has to pay the consequences… He did something wrong, he has to pay for it, period."

When asked if Trump is worse than some of the past characters he's played (which includes, as Joy Behar explained, "a psychopathic taxi driver" and someone who "beat his wife"), De Niro said, "to me he is."

He explained further: "He has no idea of what his purpose in life as the president should be, and that is to pull the country together, to be for the people, to heal wounds, not to open them up and pour salt on them. He's a low-life."

Robert De Niro speaks out on Pres. Trump: “He has no idea of what his purpose in life as the president should be, and that is to pull the country together, to be for the people, to heal wounds, not to open them up and pour salt on them.” https://t.co/f8u2wbJuik pic.twitter.com/xH2j8wOxPB — The View (@TheView) December 16, 2019

The actor also urged people to vote Trump out of office.

"We're at a crossroads, as we all know… This guy has got to be taken seriously, and he's got to be taken out of office… We want the American people, of course, to vote him out. Register, get young people, get Latinos, get African Americans. Don't be apathetic, you've gotta get out there now and vote."

De Niro's appearance wasn't the only attention-grabbing segment on Monday's episode.

Whoopi Goldberg and Meghan McCain sparked attention on social media for an argument on the show.

"Girl, please stop talking, please stop talking right now," Goldberg called across the desk after co-hosts McCain and Sunny Hostin were talking over each other about Trump's impeachment inquiry.

"No problem, I won't talk to the rest of the show, no problem," McCain responded with a laugh.

"I'm OK with that," Goldberg retorted. "If you're going to behave like this…"

"I'm not behaving like anything," McCain replied, to which Goldberg answered, "You are!"

After more talking over each other, Goldberg cut to commercial.

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