De Niro Rants Against Trump, Liberals Cheer

said 's presidency has made it impossible for him to 'love' the United States in a brutal rant at the Rise Up, Sing Out concert on Sunday.

'Our country isn’t so lovable right now,' De Niro said at the protest concert held at 's Town Hall. 'I hate to say it, but loving our country is starting to sound like an abused spouse saying they love their abuser.'

The event was organized by the Committee for the First Amendment – which was revived nearly 80 years after its founding by – and its apparent anti-Trump stance was telegraphed by the addition of No Kings and Indivisible as partner organizations. 

The 82-year-old Oscar winner – who was – bashed Trump and his administration on the same day that he celebrated his 80th birthday, which coincided with the  match on the  lawn on Sunday night.

In his fiery speech, De Niro slammed Trump for both his foreign policy and his domestic performance.

'I can’t love a country that starts stupid and inhumane wars. Killing thousands of innocents and indirectly causing the deaths and suffering of millions more,' he said. 'I can’t love a country that takes healthcare away from millions of people and uses that money to enrich their pals in the Trump–Epstein class. 

'I can’t love a country that sends out masked militias to shoot citizens in the streets, torture our neighbors, and separate families,' De Niro continued. 'I can’t love a country that’s led by a racist, misogynist, xenophobic tyrant. 

'And let me just say it, I can’t love the country that’s led by Donald Trump. And a sycophant Congress,' he added, before being forced to take a pause to accommodate the thunderous applause and cheers from the audience.

De Niro went on to clarify that, 'For most of my life, of course, I did love this country.

'I can’t love a country that starts stupid and inhumane wars. Killing thousands of innocents and indirectly causing the deaths and suffering of millions more,' De Niro said