Donald Trump published on February 25, 2026 an entry on fact Social, in which he attacked Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib and actor Robert De Niro. Reuters reported that the entry appeared after a divided in legislature during a state message erstwhile Omar and Tlaib protested during the President's speech. "The Guardian" described that in the same speech Trump besides moved the attack on De Niro, for years publically criticizing the President.
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According to Reuters Trump, he called Omar and Tlaib “lunatics”, and besides utilized the word “institutionalized” to describe them, suggesting that they should be forced into a psychiatric facility. The Agency besides stated that the president wrote about "resigning them where they came from," even though they are both citizens of the United States. Reuters noted critical responses to these words, including the message by Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries' home of Representatives and the position of Council on American-Islamic Relations.
"The Guardian" reported that in the same entry Trump attacked Robert De Niro, undermining his intellectual fitness and intelligence and mocking him. The diary stated that Trump described the actor as “sick” and “mad”, and besides wrote about “a very low IQ” and mocked his emotions. "The Guardian" combined this consequence with De Niro's fresh statements in the media, including a conversation in Nicola Wallace's podcast, in which the actor named Trump "an idiot" and talked about the request to remove him from power.
In the context of the dispute, there is besides the State of the Swamp event organised in Washington as a counter-programme for the message. Reuters material papers that De Niro spoke there on February 24, 2026 at the National Press Club, parallel to Trump's appearance in Congress. "The Guardian" reported that the actor called for civic mobilization and opposition to the President's actions at this meeting.
DF, thefad.pl / Source: Reuters, The Guardian
