Robert De Niro called out Donald Trump!

Robert De Niro is speaking out!

In a recent sit down with NBC Nightly News, the Oscar-winner and staunch liberal pulled no punches in describing his disgust with Republican antics in addition to Donald Trump joining the birther movement.

“I think of the possibility of the government being shut down, and I say, ‘How did we get to this point?’” De Niro said.

“I remember it happened years ago. And I just say, ‘How did we ever get to that point?’ Because the people who suffer are the one who have jobs where every week, they’ve gotta make these payments. How did we get there? What is this about? This is crazy. And I know Obama was trying to bridge the gap. His intentions are really good. Maybe some things are not as good as we all would like, but his intentions were right. A lot of these guys, their intentions are not even good. They’re just playing the game. And they’re playing with people’s lives.”

The star also seemed to be hitting out at Republican birthers who doubt President Obama’s birth certificate, among other accusations.

“I won’t mention names, but certain people in the news the last couple weeks, just, what are they doing? It’s crazy. They’re making statements about people that they don’t even back up,” De Niro alluded. “Go get the facts before you start saying things about people.”

Robert recently insisted that, despite his many years making movies, he doesn’t have carte blanche to do as he pleases when it comes to projects.

De Niro notes the troubles and delays he experienced with The Good Shepherd, the 2006 CIA tale that he directed and starred in, saying doubts he could make a similar film now. He says people don’t really want to do “those kind of movies” nowadays.

Still, De Niro says he does have a choice of roles that other actors would envy and that he “can’t complain.”