De Niro interrupts Supreme Court hearing, criticizes Trump’s stance on birthright citizenship
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FIRST ON FOX: Actor Robert De Niro was in the nation’s capital Wednesday sitting in a packed courtroom with President Donald Trump and some of his closest advisers during Supreme Court oral arguments on citizenship.
Fox News Digital caught up with De Niro as he was leaving court, but De Niro said he had no idea how the arguments went.
“I’m waiting to get a, to get – I’m not sure because I’ve been hearing, but I’m not hearing. It’s complicated. So, I can’t say,” De Niro answered when asked about the Supreme Court oral arguments he recently testified. Meanwhile, De Niro described the Trump administration’s opposition to this issue – namely children born to parents in the United States illegally or temporarily who are not American citizens – as a way for Republicans to “get rid of people they don’t want.”
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Robert De Niro is caught leaving oral arguments at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (Nicholas Ballasy/Fox News)
“That’s easy,” De Niro said.
This actor and activist, who was recently seen speaking at the “No Kings” protest in New York City over the weekend, was criticized for his anti-Trump speech. He called the president a “piece of sh–t,” “a little ib–h,” “a rude little punk,” said he’d “like to punch him in the face,” and declared Trump an “enemy” of the United States.
When asked about claims that he has “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” sometimes abbreviated “TDS,” De Niro called it “nonsense.”
“People don’t like him for a reason,” De Niro replied. “All the bad things he did – if he had done good things, he would have had a chance – he became president – to do good things, not hatred, revenge, not – just, just bad things. If he did good things, people would love him. But he has a problem. He is corrupt.”
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People protest outside the US Supreme Court before the arrival of US President Donald Trump expected on April 01, 2026 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara to decide whether President Trump’s executive order ending the right to birthright is constitutional. (Al Drago/Getty Images)
Asked what bothered him about Trump, De Niro said “everything.”
“Everything we all know now,” added De Niro.
A report on Wednesday indicated that the Supreme Court appeared ready to reject Trump’s speech on birthright. The arguments reportedly lasted two hours, and, in addition to Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi was present, as well as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
Famous DC chef and activist José Andrés leads protesters outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)
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It was reported that De Niro was sitting in the seats reserved for guests of the judges, according to the Associated Press.
“When the crowds chant ‘No Kings,’ what I really hear – as we all know – is ‘No Trump.’ “There have been other presidents who have tested the constitutional limits of their power, but none have been more threatening to our freedom and security – none – except Trump,” De Niro told his fans at the No Kings rally he attended over the weekend. “He needs to be stopped and he needs to be stopped now,” De Niro said, calling members of Trump’s cabinet “crooks.”
