--- title: Robert De Niro Addresses Jon Voight's Defense of Trump description: De Niro is not pulling any punches when it comes to his anti-Trump stance, and doesn't seem bothered by Voight's criticism of his position. canonical: https://time.com/4526602/robert-deniro-response-jon-voight-on-trump/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-11T17:32:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:31.582Z og:title: Robert DeNiro Claps Back at Jon Voight's Defense of Trump og:description: The staunchly anti-Trump has commented on Jon Voight's criticism og:url: https://time.com/4526602/robert-deniro-response-jon-voight-on-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb27de3c88d1b582a/6988a98af887dc294fe97c16/robert-deniro.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Friars Club Honors Martin Scorsese With Entertainment Icon Award og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Robert DeNiro Claps Back at Jon Voight's Defense of Trump twitter:description: The staunchly anti-Trump has commented on Jon Voight's criticism twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb27de3c88d1b582a/6988a98af887dc294fe97c16/robert-deniro.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Robert De Niro Claps Back at Jon Voight's Criticism of His Anti-Trump Stance  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 11, 2016 5:32 PM UTC  Robert De Niro speaks onstage at the Friars Club Honoring Martin Scorsese With the Entertainment Icon Award at Cipriani Wall Street on September 21, 2016 in New York City. Robert De Niro speaks onstage at the Friars Club Honoring Martin Scorsese With the Entertainment Icon Award at Cipriani Wall Street on September 21, 2016 in New York City.Kevin Mazur—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 11, 2016 5:32 PM UTC Following anti-Donald Trump comments filmed as part of the celebrity-packed #VoteYourFuture project, [Robert De Niro](http://time.com/4462648/robert-de-niro-jimmy-fallon-impression/?iid=sr-link1) is going all in [on his stance on the Republican nominee](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/10/08/robert-de-niro-goes-off-on-donald-trump-id-like-to-punch-him-in-the-face/), which drew criticism from fellow actor Jon Voight. On Saturday, Voight took to Twitter to encourage Trump supporters to “express their outrage and anger against De Niro and all of the Republican turncoats against Trump.” At an appearance in Dubai, De Niro echoed his feelings from the video, calling Trump a “punk” who “doesn’t have a clue what goes on in the rest of the world no matter what he says,” [the _National_ reports.](http://www.thenational.ae/business/economy/robert-de-niro-in-dubai-film-star-delivers-another-withering-assessment-of-donald-trump) “I’d love to punch him in the face,” he reiterated, in response to an interviewer’s question. In the remarks Voight directed at De Niro, which included a tweet about how he was ashamed of the way he sounded off about Trump in the filmed segment, he defended Trump’s comments about women to Billy Bush, concluding by saying, “Let Donald Trump know we are completely behind him, and may God give him the strength to continue his calling.” About this, De Niro was complimentary but dismissive. “I like Jon, he’s a nice guy, but he doesn’t know what he’s talking about,” De Niro said. > [](https://twitter.com/seanecronin/status/785020445183606784) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4526602/robert-deniro-response-jon-voight-on-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4526602/robert-deniro-response-jon-voight-on-trump/"},"headline":"Robert De Niro Claps Back at Jon Voight's Criticism of His Anti-Trump Stance","datePublished":"2016-10-11T17:32:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:31.582Z","description":"\"He doesn’t know what he’s talking about\"","url":"https://time.com/4526602/robert-deniro-response-jon-voight-on-trump/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb27de3c88d1b582a/6988a98af887dc294fe97c16/robert-deniro.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb27de3c88d1b582a/6988a98af887dc294fe97c16/robert-deniro.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Friars Club Honors Martin Scorsese With Entertainment Icon Award","caption":"Friars Club Honors Martin Scorsese With Entertainment Icon Award","creditText":"Kevin Mazur—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4526602/robert-deniro-response-jon-voight-on-trump/","name":"Robert De Niro Claps Back at Jon Voight's Criticism of His Anti-Trump Stance"}}]}] ```