Robert De Niro calls out Donald Trump's 'bull****' during lifetime award acceptance speech

Robert De Niro has torn into the Trump administration’s plans to minimise arts funding while accepting a career honour on Monday evening (8 May).

The career honour was presented to De Niro by longtime collaborator Scorsese who is working with the actor again on upcoming mob drama The Irishman alongside Al Pacino and Joe Pesci.

“You’re supporting the slapstick of Charlie Chaplin, the great body of work of Marty Scorsese and Barry Levinson, the dumb-ass comedies of Robert De Niro, the ‘overrated performances of Meryl Streep’ and your own taste and needs.”